Geriatric Clinic, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, Mersin, Turkey (Dr Eşme); Geriatric Clinic, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey (Dr Balcı); Lösante Children and Adult Hospital, Ankara, Turkey (Dr Öz); Nutritional Support Team, Hacettepe University (Tamer, Doğancı, Akçay, Ataç, and Kelleci); and Division of Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (Dr Akıncı), Divisions of Intensive Care Medicine (Dr Topeli) and Geriatrics (Dr Halil), Department of Internal Medicine, and Department of General Surgery (Dr Abbasoğlu), Hacettepe Universit Medicine Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.

Correspondence: Mert Eşme, MD, Geriatric Clinic, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, Mersin 33240, Turkey (merte[email protected]).

This study was funded by the National Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (KEPAN) for transportation and other expenses due to home visits of the competent home nurse.

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.