Training Nonnursing Staff to Assist with Nutritional Care Delivery in Nursing Homes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Simmons SF, Hollingsworth EK, Long EA, Liu X, Shotwell MS, Keeler E, An R, Silver HJ. Training Nonnursing Staff to Assist with Nutritional Care Delivery in Nursing Homes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017 Feb;65(65). 313-322. PMID: 28198565 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5315268 NIHMSID: NIHMS797049.

Abstract

To determine the effect and cost-effectiveness of training nonnursing staff to provide feeding assistance for nutritionally at-risk nursing home (NH) residents.