OBJECTIVES: To examine family member's perceptions of decision‐making and outcomes
of feeding tubes. DESIGN: Mortality follow‐back survey. Sample weights were used to …

When eating difficulties arise, feeding tubes are not recommended for older adults with
advanced dementia. Careful hand feeding should be offered because hand feeding has …

OBJECTIVES: Despite the evidence that feeding-tube use in persons with advanced
dementia is not associated with improved outcomes, there remains striking variation in their …

OBJECTIVES: Many factors affect the decision to institute long‐term tube‐feeding in older
persons. The objectives of this cross‐national survey are to examine the tube‐feeding …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the costs associated with caring for severely demented residents
nursing homes with and without feeding tubes. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study …

Background. Dementia remains a growing concern for societies globally, particularly as
people now live longer. About 90% of individuals with advanced dementia suffer from eating …

OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to determine the degree to which selected
demographic and clinical variables are associated with the use of feeding tubes in older …

Objective: To determine choices about enteral tube feeding and factors associated with
deciding to accept or forego this intervention in a group of ambulatory non‐demented older …

Feeding and eating difficulties leading to weight loss are common in the advanced stages of
dementia. When such problems arise, family members are often faced with making a …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the differences in prevalence of tube feeding among states and to
examine possible factors that could explain practice patterns. DESIGN: Analysis of random …