Advanced dementia patients are more likely to receive feeding tubes if they are taken from nursing homes to acute care hospitals, according to a new report. This occurs despite mounting evidence that ...

Fewer U.S. nursing home patients with dementia are getting feeding tubes as mounting evidence suggests it may not help them live longer or make them more comfortable, new research suggests.

A new study measured use of feeding tubes in Canadian nursing home residents, finding similar trends to those in the United States. Many people with advanced dementia have a hard time eating, but ...

Last year, Pennsylvania's Attorney General filed a lawsuit against 25 Golden Living nursing homes over allegations that the homes were so understaffed that residents were living in feces-smeared rooms ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, January 7 /PRNewswire/ — Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com), a world leader inhealthcare and medical publishing and online solutions ...

Abstract Enteral tube feeding is provided in hospitals, patients’ homes and care homes. As there are a variety of feeding tubes available, nurses need to be aware of the different types of tube and ...

What Is a Feeding Tube? A feeding tube is a flexible plastic tube placed into your stomach or bowel to help you get nutrition when you’re unable to eat as well as you need to. Tube feeding, also known ...

Gastric tubes are available in a variety of materials, sizes and configurations. The composition of a medical device should be determined by the environment in which it is meant to reside and the ...