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Time for dinner: the communal dining room in care homes and its impact on nutritional outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2020

Iracema Leroi*
Affiliation:
Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Abstract

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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