BACKGROUND: Nurses that care for patients with advanced dementia are increasingly
faced with consequences of disease progression, often requiring them to decide whether to …

Aims and objectives. To explore nurses' experiences with nurse–physician communication
during artificial nutrition or hydration (ANH) decision‐making in hospitalised patients with …

The aim of this study was to explore and describe how Flemish nurses experience their
involvement in the care of hospitalized patients with dementia, particularly in relation to …

Objectives: To determine the role and influence of participants in the decision making to start
or forgo artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) in demented nursing home patients. Methods …

Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of patients for whom it
is decided to forgo artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) and characteristics of the ANH …

Aim. To describe the nature of problems nurses face when feeding nursing home patients
with severe dementia, and how they deal with these problems. Background. In our study on …

Background: Nutritional problems often manifest during late-stage dementia, and some
families may request to instigate artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) therapies. In the US …

Background and aims: In many patients with dementia, the oral intake of fluids and nutrients
becomes insufficient and a decision has to be made whether to start artificial nutrition or …

The appropriate use of artificial nutrition or hydration (ANH) for patients with advanced
dementia continues to be a subject of debate. We investigated opinions of Dutch and …

The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of home healthcare nurses related to
suffering, artificial nutrition and hydration in people with late-stage dementia, and if these …