Individuals with dementia inevitably experience decreased oral intake when they are no
longer able to recognize food, feed themselves independently, or experience swallowing …

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes are being placed with increasing frequency in
the United States among elderly patients with dementia. Health care providers believe there …

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

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 …

As the population ages, the incidence of dementia increases. All types of dementia, whether
they are reversible or irreversible, lead to loss of intellectual function and judgment, memory …

The administration of artificial nutrition by means of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG) tube in older persons in the advanced stages of dementia is commonplace, yet the …

Objective: In advanced dementia, many difficult decisions may arise as the disease
progresses, including whether to use feeding by tube. Several recent articles question the …

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 …

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 …

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 …