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 …

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 …

A consensus among geriatricians, ethicists, and neurologists supports a palliative approach
to the care of individuals with late-stage dementia. But ten years after the publication of the …

Patients with advanced dementia are among the most challenging patients to care for
because they are often bedridden and dependent in all activities of daily living. Difficulty with …

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has evolved into a common low-risk
procedure in current medical practice. Clinical evidence supporting the use of tube feedings …

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 …

For nursing home residents with advanced dementia, very little evidence is available to
show clinical benefit from enteral tube feeding. Although no randomized clinical trials have …

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 …

Patients with advanced dementia frequently develop eating difficulties and weight loss.
Enteral feeding tubes are often used in this situation, yet benefits and risks of this therapy …