title: Eating difficulty in older people with dementia.
abstract: Difficulty with feeding is a common problem among people with dementia and may pose ethical problems for the care team if decisions about continued feeding arise. Thorough assessment can help with successful management and a team approach, with the full involvement of relatives, is advocated.
authors.affiliation: University of Hull.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D004435:Eating; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D015431:Weight Loss