Studying the nutrition intake and mental status in the case of elderly people living in different homes

Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare state of elderly people in private and government home care. Furthermore to describe the anthropometry status, the food consumption patterns, and the life quality dates of surveyed elderly people. Design: Cross-section study. Methods: We planed to survey 120 elderly people and of we got dates from 106 persons. We used anthropometry measurements, Food Composition mesurments (with used 24-h-recall estimated record), Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE), and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Results: According to our expectation we have found different betwee…