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We update our 2011 discussion of feeding the person with late-stage or advanced Alzheimer's disease (advanced AD) We present a case of a 92-year-old woman diagnosed with AD, from our… Click to show full abstract
We update our 2011 discussion of feeding the person with late-stage or advanced Alzheimer's disease (advanced AD) We present a case of a 92-year-old woman diagnosed with AD, from our family medicine practice who was brought to the emergency department with fever and a change in mental status Previously, neither she nor her family had received counseling about the typical trajectory of AD, nor had she made end-of-life plans We present a discussion of the typical trajectory of AD, involuntary weight loss, advance care planning related to nutrition, and hydration and alternatives to tube feeding We added a note describing the initial impact of COVID-19 on care © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc All rights reserved
Journal Title: Nutrition Today
Year Published: 2020
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