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 …

BACKGROUND: The decision to start long-term tube-feeding in elderly people is complex.
The process by which such decisions are made is not well understood. The authors …

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 …

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

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and evaluation of a decision aid for long‐term
tube feeding in cognitively impaired older people. DESIGN: Before‐and‐after study …

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 …

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

Objective To determine the relative importance of factors influencing physicians to use tube
feedings in patients lacking decision‐making capacity. Design Survey. Setting and …

Context Empiric data and expert opinion suggest that use of feeding tubes is not beneficial
for older persons with advanced dementia. Previous research has shown a 10-fold variation …