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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Background: Feeding tubes to address eating problems of older people with advanced
dementia (OPAD) has been studied primarily in nursing homes. Objectives: To examine the …

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