Elder y patients with advanced dementia present a challenge with respect to efficient
nutrition and hydration because of oropharyngeal dysphagia and lack of patient …

Key Clinical Points Advanced Dementia Advanced dementia is a leading cause of death in
the United States. Features include profound memory deficits (eg, inability to recognize …

OBJECTIVES: To review the benefits of oral feeding options in people with dementia.
DESIGN: Systematic literature search with review of potentially eligible studies by two …

Tube feeding in dementia remains controversial as evidenced by recent responses to the
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) report on oral feeding [1]. Criticisms of non-oral feeding …

Objective: Tube feeding is increasingly common, despite evidence for limited medical
benefits. We interviewed treating physicians to describe their expectation of benefit for …

CONTEXT: Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are often called on to evaluate eating
difficulties in patients with dementia. OBJECTIVES: To assess factors associated with SLPs' …

Background The use of enteral tube feeding for patients with advanced dementia who have
poor nutritional intake is common. In one US survey 34% of 186,835 nursing home residents …

Objectives To examine survival with and without a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG) feeding tube using rigorous methods to account for selection bias and to examine …

Objective: To determine choices about enteral tube feeding and factors associated with
deciding to accept or forego this intervention in a group of ambulatory non‐demented older …

Background advanced dementia is an incurable illness, its last stage marked by inability to
eat. Tube feeding was deemed a helpful solution at this stage, but in recent years its …