The decline of tube feeding for dementia patients

tube feedingNEW YORK: Dementia from Parkinson’s disease was taking its toll on Joan Jewell. She could still respond to music, if a helper wheeled her to the Sunday concert at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston, but she spent most of her time in bed. Sometimes she recognised family members; often she didn’t. She couldn’t say more than a few words. She had trouble swallowing…

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