Maggots were found in and around the feed tube site of a Pennsylvania nursing home resident, according to recently released inspection reports.

CMS recently made changes to surveyor guidance on feeding tubes. Nursing homes must look at their policies, documentation and education practices in order to assess whether a feeding tube is ...

Nursing home patients with advanced cognitive impairment often are fed through feeding tubes that were inserted during acute hospitalizations. To identify factors associated with feeding tube ...

The number patients with severe dementia given a feeding tube has dropped by half since 2000, but researchers say more must be done to discourage the practice.

Large, acute-care hospitals that are for profit insert feeding tubes in nursing-home patients with advanced dementia more often than government-owned hospitals do, a new study finds.

Abstract Enteral tube feeding is provided in hospitals, patientsâ homes and care homes. As there are a variety of feeding tubes available, nurses need to be aware of the different types of tube and ...

A feeding tube works by deliver food and hydration straight to a person's stomach or intestines when they cannot sufficiently eat or drink as usual.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A drugged intruder barging into nursing home residents' rooms in the middle of the night went unreported by administration. A nurse tried to unclog a man's feeding tube with a ...

Orogastric and nasogastric tubes are used for both decompression and feeding in the NICU. The placement and use of these tubes are one of the most frequent nursing procedures in the NICU. These ...