Minimal Comfort Feeding

Guest Post: Avoid Living with Advanced Dementia by Limiting or Stopping Eating and Drinking

By Robb Miller, Executive Director Emeritus End-of-Life Washington Many people are unaware of new options to avoid advanced dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease or other medical conditions. These options, which focus on hastening death by limiting or stopping oral eating and drinking, include (1) voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), (2) VSED as a bridge […]

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“Mr. Smith Has No Mealtimes”: Minimal Comfort Feeding for Patients with Advanced Dementia

A new open access article was published in February 2025 in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM). Co-authored by Hope Wechkin, Paul Menzel, Elizabeth Loggers, Thaddeus Pope, Peter Reagan, and Timothy Quill, the article discusses the approach of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for cases of advanced dementia. The abstract is below. To read

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