An Alternative to the Feeding Tube

In CategorySenior Health, Treatments, Therapy, Recovery, Health Care
ByRuss Bianchi

SICK CARE, not health care.

GOT ZIJA®?!

~ Uncle Russ

The Times reports today on a new option in palliative care called “comfort feeding only.”

At issue: Feeding tubes do not necessarily prolong life in patients with advanced dementia, and surveys indicate that a vast majority of nursing home residents say they would rather die than live with a feeding tube.

An Alternative to the Feeding Tube

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