Decision-making regarding oral nutritional supplements for nursing home residents with advanced dementia: A cross-sectional pilot study.
Mieke van Hamersveld-KramerSander I B PerryEva LodewijksEmmelyne VasseMarian A E de van der SchuerenPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2021)
Although all groups proclaimed quality of life to be first priority in decision-making, we found that Dutch dietitians, physicians and SDMs differed in what they regarded important when considering ONS for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Regarding the life-prolonging effect of ONS, dietitians differed in opinion from physicians, as well as from SDMs.