Nasogastric tube feeding versus assisted hand feeding in-home healthcare older adults with severe dementia in Taiwan: a prognosis comparison

BACKGROUND: All individuals with severe dementia should be offered careful hand feeding. However, under certain circumstances, people with severe dementia have a feeding tube placed. In Taiwan, tube feeding rate in demented older home care residents is increasing; however, the benefits of tube feedi...

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Autores principales: Chou, Hsiao-Hui, Tsou, Meng-Ting, Hwang, Lee-Ching
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7023686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32059646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1464-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7023686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32059646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1464-9

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