Obesity and intensive staffing needs of nursing home residents

The objective of this study is to examine how increasing body mass index (BMI) among nursing home residents affects the amount of staffing assistance needed for activities of daily living (ADL). We analyzed 1,627,141 US nursing home residents reported in the 2013 Minimum Data Set in seven BMI categories, from underweight (BMI  

Source: Geriatric Nursing - June 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: John Alexander Harris, John Engberg, Nicholas George Castle Source Type: research