Association between simple evaluation of eating and swallowing function and mortality among patients with advanced dementia in nursing homes: 1-year prospective cohort study.
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| Abstract | :  A simple and predictable method of evaluating eating and swallowing has not been yet established; thus, it is difficult to implement advance care planning according to deterioration in this function. This study aimed to clarify the association between a simple evaluation of eating and swallowing function and 1-year mortality in advanced dementia patients in nursing homes in Japan. | 
| Year of Publication | :  1969 | 
| Journal | :  Archives of gerontology and geriatrics | 
| Volume | :  87 | 
| Number of Pages | :  103969 | 
| Date Published | :  1969 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0167-4943 | 
| URL | :  https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0167-4943(19)30212-2 | 
| DOI | :  10.1016/j.archger.2019.103969 | 
| Short Title | :  Arch Gerontol Geriatr | 
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