OBJECTIVES: To determine how nursing staff evaluate nonverbal behavior related to hand and tube feeding of residents with @entity303 . DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: A stratified sample of nurses and nursing assistants in residential nursing homes in a major German city. @entity1 : Nursing staff members (N = 131) in 12 nursing homes. MEASUREMENTS: Nursing staff perception of nonverbal behavior of residents with @entity303 in response to hand and tube feeding. RESULTS: Ninety-three percent of survey @entity1 considered the nonverbal behavior of residents with advanced @entity303 crucial for decisions about artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH). The same percentage had at some point encountered residents who did not open their mouths when feeding was attempted. Fifty-three percent of the @entity1 interpreted residents' expressions of pleasure while eating as a will to live. The most frequent interpretation of residents' aversive behavior was discomfort. When residents did not open their mouth during nurse's hand feeding, 41% of the @entity1 inferred a will to die. CONCLUSION: Most nurses and nursing assistants consider residents' behavior during hand or tube feeding to be important, but their interpretations are heterogeneous. Various professional caregivers assume a will to live or die. Further reflection is necessary to determine how behavioral expressions should be factored into treatment decisions.

Evaluating Nonverbal Behavior of Individuals with XXXX During Feeding: A Survey of the Nursing Staff in Residential Care Homes for Elderly Adults.

@entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['PARTICIPANTS', 'participants']
@entity303 :: (MESH:D003704,Disease) :: ['Dementia']
