Background: Despite the ongoing debate on tube feeding among severely demented
patients, the current approach in western countries is to avoid feeding by tube. Objectives …

Caring for elemented patients with eating difficulties poses formidable challenges to health
care providers and family members. Tube feeding has been routinely used in this situation to …

Aim: Enteral tube feeding for people with advanced dementia who have difficulty swallowing
and poor nutritional intake is common. Potential benefits or harms of this practice are …

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 …

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 …

Primary care providers for patients with endstage dementia are often confronted with difficult
tube feeding decisions. Decreased food intake occurs with increasing age which can be …

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 …

Many patients with dementia lose the ability to feed themselves in the advanced stages of
the disease. Tube feeding is sometimes initiated to overcome feeding difficulties. Recent …

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 …

PREVIEW The aging of the US population has meant that more people than ever have
physical limitations or dementia that curtails their ability to eat independently. As a result …