While great strides have been made recently in improving end-of-life care in the United
States, people with dementia often die with inadequate pain control, with feeding tubes in …

A byproduct of the aging of the population has been a dramatic rise in the rate of Alzheimer's
disease and other types of dementia. A conservative estimate is that there are currently 4 …

Even for patients receiving complex, intensive medical care for serious and life-threatening
illness, family caregiving is typically at the core of what sustains patients at the end of life …

Tube feeding has been practiced for more than 400 years (1). In addition to feeding,
gastrointestinal (GI) access can be used for decompression in cases of enteral obstruction …

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 …

Malnutrition is more common in elderly persons than in younger adults. Ageing itself,
however, neither leads to malabsorption nor to malnutrition with the exception of a higher …

Pressure ulcers (pressure sores) continue to be a common health problem, particularly
among the physically limited or bedridden elderly. The problem exists within the entire …

In 2004, more than 12% of the population in the United States was aged 65 years or older.
This percentage is expected to increase to 20% of the population by 2030. The prevalence …

Background: We previously reported that the Mediterranean diet (MeDi) is related to lower
risk for Alzheimer disease (AD). Whether MeDi is associated with subsequent AD course …