tailieunhanh - A PROFILE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USE OF ELDERLY IN TWO WISCONSIN COUNTIES

Health centers play varied roles in relation to nursing homes, from following existing patients, to having their physician serve as medical director of nursing homes, to owning and/or operating nursing homes. Community health centers that partner with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) can enhance the well being of their patients, the community and their organizations. The health center may provide a range of services to help a patient remain in the community, but at times some patients will enter a SNF. In small rural communities without other long term care services, a SNF may be seen as very much a community-based. | A PROFILE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USE OF ELDERLY IN TWO WISCONSIN COUNTIES by Lesa Amy A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Masters of Science Degree With a Major in Food and Nutritional Sciences Approved 2 semester credits Investigation advisor The Graduate College University of Wisconsin-Stout December 2000 The Graduate College University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie Wisconsin. 54751 Abstract Writer Last Name First Initial A Profile of Dietary Supplement Use of Elderly in Two Wisconsin Counties. Food and Title Graduate Major Nutritional Sciences. Barbara Lohse Knous PhD RD CD. December 2000. 60 pages. Research Advisor Month Year Turabian Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers Theses and Dissertations Style Manual The use of alternative therapies in the United States is growing rapidly. Studdert et al 1998 Herbal and dietary supplements are used by more than fifty percent of the . population. The most commonly used supplements are vitamin and mineral preparations but a wide variety of other substances like herbals and metabolites are being used in increasing amounts. Nesheim 1998 Today the elderly population is at an all time high. It is estimated that the population of those 65 years and older will double to nearly twenty-five percent of the . population by the year 2030. Greater life expectancy represents our ability as a society to make advances in technology health care and delivery of nutrition. The elderly are keeping up with these advances by choosing to use various supplements to inhibit or delay health problems associated with advancing age. Houston et al 1998 Although many dietary supplements are showing positive effects they can cause multiple problems if consumers are misinformed or undereducated about these products. By profiling supplement use by the elderly professionals can be armed with knowledge to teach consumers