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The Memorial Meal Mates: a program to improve nutrition in hospitalized older adults
Sherry Robinson1, Dee Clump, Tina Weitzel
1Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA.
Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.)
|December 21, 2002
Abstract:
A common problem among older hospitalized patients is inadequate nutritional intake. The Memorial Meal Mates project was developed to address this problem. College-aged volunteers were provided a 3-hour in-service taught by an interdisciplinary team. During a 2-month period, the Memorial Meal Mates fed 34 patients, who were compared with 34 other patients fed by nursing staff. The mean intake of the Meal Mates group was 58.88%, compared with the mean intake of the control group of 32.45%. Patients fed by the volunteers nearly doubled their intake over those fed by nursing staff.