… offer multidisciplinary, holistic care in a variety of settings and focus on … on tube feeding,
multivariate models of tube feeding were not analyzed. Lack of variability by whether hospice …

… will have a significant impact on hospice, is whether fluid and … food and water or to remove
feeding tubes are now receivir … a variety of public settings and forces us to consider what the …

… Making durable changes in the culture of tube feeding de… acute care setting, where a majority
of tube feeding decisions occur. … with the support of hospice care while limiting technology …

… One setting where this challenge is most evident is in the … Use of a feeding tube in this situation
conflicts with informed, … free environment (insertion of a feeding tube may require physical/…

… Use of tube feeding in hospice care and methods of pain assessment and treatment in …
that tube feeding be considered as a potential quality measure for individuals in hospice …

… Design, Setting, and Patients The sample included nursing home residents aged 66 years
or … care ratio and hospice use were weakly or not associated with feeding tube placement. …

… situations and settings they … feeding tube. However, framing the decision in these stark terms
ignores the relative risks and benefits of tube feeding compared with continued oral feeding …

… outpatient setting or … hospice, patients who received hospice concurrent with or after SNF
care received fewer interventions, including fewer medications and lower rates of feeding tube …

… As is the case with meal service, tube feedings and orders for special medical nutritional
supplements are handled in the same manner as with any unit in that particular institution. …

… to supplement their feeding regimen. Two patients (10%) used their feeding tube only for …
was an in-patient at the Northern Ireland hospice. A significant difference was observed in the …