Nutritional status and oral status of the elderly with dementia: a 2-year study.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between denture wearing and nutritional status in the elderly with dementia.

Background: There could be a correlation between nutrition, oral health, dietary habits, patients' satisfaction, and their socio-economic status in the elderly, and the relationship between compromised oral status and nutritional status in the elderly with dementia.

Subjects And Methods: A 2-year follow-up study of 63 elderly Japanese women with and without dentures from a nursing home was undertaken to investigate their oral, physical and mental, and nutritional status.

The relationships between oral status, physical and mental health, nutritional status and diet type in elderly Japanese women with dementia.

Objectives: To suggest methods for maintaining an adequate nutritional status for elderly patients with dementia by evaluating the relationships between oral status, physical and mental health, and feeding conditions.

Background: Feeding difficulties in dementia patients are related to food intake, and failure to eat may be associated with weight loss in long-term care facilities. The relationship between compromised oral function and diet is still unclear.