Comfort feeding in hospitalised people with dementia: a retrospective study of survival following comfort feeding recommendations
Dementia and comfort feeding were associated with high mortality rates, high rates of discharge to a supportive care facility and low readmission rates. Dysphagia severity associated with the consistency of fluids recommended.
Authors
- Campbell Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-3327)
- Toby Gilbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3431-9672)
- Viviane Caceres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-0273)
- Udul Hewage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-9706)
- Patrick Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2534-3371)
- Alice O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4056-4359)
- Yogesh Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-2599)
- Jeff Faunt
- Nasime Mokari-Manshadi
- Stephen Hedger
- Christine Davis
- A S Sandhu
- Dirk Hoffman
Institutions
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
- SA Health (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The journal of nutrition health & aging
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnha.2024.100362
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.31