Re: Gtube without feeding

[Nmcb40doc]

In a message dated 2/6/2004 2:44:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I still say we are splitting hairs here.  In a lot of end-stage dementia residents that do not have pegs, of course, the water is not going to do enough to hydrate them because of the disease process, but do we quit trying?  No, because if we did,that would be withholding nutrition.  If you are administering any water via a peg, you are still providing hydration.  Plain and simple. No, the original scenario clearly stated the resident was not being fed (OR HYDRATED), and the flushes were being administered to keep the GT open should she need meds. For MDS purposes, was she being fed or hydrated? Keeping in mind, again, the physician's order, the answer is an obvious no, "plain and simple." (sic)