Publications by authors named "Steven Littlehale"
Objective: To compare the costs associated with caring for severely demented residents nursing homes with and without feeding tubes.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: A 700-bed long-term care facility in Boston.
Objective: To compare the costs associated with caring for severely demented residents nursing homes with and without feeding tubes.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: A 700-bed long-term care facility in Boston Participants: Nursing home residents aged 65 years and over with advanced dementia and eating problems for whom long-term feeding tube had been discussed as a treatment option.