Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee47 enrolled

Overview

The undernourishment and the prevention of its risk at the elderly person in seniors's resident represent a major issue in public health. The diagnosis of undernourishment and its risk are systematically recommended in these structures where the nutrition of these people is a problem because often inappropriate for their capacities of prehension and consequently for their nutritional needs. One of the solutions to remedy can be found in the " finger-food ". The study FIFO ("Finger-Food") suggests verifying the hypothesis which the finger-food would allow to increase the nutritional intake of the resident who have disorders of the prehension and\\or requiring a nutritional stimulation and\\or require an help to the preparation of the meal.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Nutritive Value

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Residents institutionalized in seniors's resident for 3 months at least * Residents in disability to feed single-handedly because of cognitive and/or physical disorders * Having at least use of a hand * Do not opposing the participation in the study or information and not opposition of the family / close to confidence / legal guardian in case of resident in incapacity to understand (senility, insanity) Exclusion Criteria: * Confined to bed * Specific diets (without residue, allergen, …) * Enteral nutrition * Absence motricity of 2 hands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quantitative Measure of Ingesta

Quantitative measure of ingesta (calorie and protein intake)

Time frame: Monthly: From date of finger-food's implementation until the date of the end of the study (assessed up to 6 months)