When to stop feeding end stage Alzheimer's?
by C. Tucker
on January 8, 2013 9:42 PM
When a parent has ES Alzheimer's, is nonverbal, bedbound, and repeatedly choking on pureed food, how does the caregiver know if the parent is hungry or wants to be fed when no discernable expression can be seen? What factors should be considered in feeding when there is no feedback and choking is already a predictable effect of feeding?
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