Comfort feeding only: A proposal to bring clarity to decision-making regarding difficulty with eating for persons with advanced dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 580-584

  Palecek, Eric J ^a   Teno, Joan M ^b   Casarett, David J ^c   Hanson, Laura C ^d   Rhodes, Ramona L ^e   Mitchell, Susan L ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dysphagia; Nursing home; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ASPIRATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH TUBE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 77949383326     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02740.x     Document Type: Review

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