Comfort Feeding in Dementia

A Family Guide to Feeding Decisions When Eating Less Is Part of the Disease

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A family guide to comfort feeding in advanced dementia. It covers offering food safely, mouth care, feeding tube decisions, and choosing comfort without giving up care. Instant PDF download.

by Dr. Christine Johnson-Nganbou Kamkeu DNP AGNP- APRN-CNP (Author)

In advanced dementia, eating less is often part of the disease. Families are left with hard questions about hunger, feeding tubes, and whether their loved one is starving. Written by a hospice nurse practitioner, this guide explains comfort feeding in plain language. It shows you how to keep your loved one comfortable at every meal and through the final days.

Inside you will find:

  • What comfort feeding is, and what a comfort feeding plan includes.

  • Safe ways to offer food, and the signs that it is time to stop.

  • Mouth care when eating and drinking decrease.

  • What research shows about feeding tubes in advanced dementia.

  • How families can work through fear, guilt, and disagreement.

  • A Family Toolkit with a mealtime checklist, a mouth care guide, questions for the hospice team, and an In My Own Words page.

For families, caregivers, and people living with any type of dementia. Includes a glossary, helplines, and a full list of references. 111-page PDF, instant download. No physical book will be shipped.