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It is tough indeed. I have no idea. My father-in-law with advanced Alzheimer's is too late to come with reasonable request. My husband has the health care proxy and is his POA. so my husband will have to decide for him. I heard that feeding tube may not be comfortable. So it depends on what situation she is in. Balancing between the tube and quality of life....
I thought one could feed the person with IV first and see. (This is the hospice.)
It does not make sense that the feeding tube cannot be removed later... Guess you can stop feeding but the tube could still be there.
I have not looked into this issue. But I heard that getting feeding tube is not necessarily comfortable.
Nina
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