Elderly starving in nursing homes Nurse researcher devotes her work to improve nutrition of residents Even with food placed in front of them three times a day, elderly nursing home residents often go hungry. As a result, some have lost weight, become frail and died.
Some families are so concerned that they have hired assistants to feed their relatives.
Other dedicated families visit the nursing home daily to feed their loved ones. By focusing her research on the nutritional needs of nursing home residents, Kayser-Jones has become the first researcher to investigate this problem systematically and has influenced new governmental protocols for nursing homes throughout the United States.