Sociodemographic and Linguistic Disparities in Tube Feeding Among Canadian Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia

Nathan M Stall^{1

2

3}, John Hirdes⁴, Darly Dash⁵, Kieran L Quinn^{1

3}, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher^{1

2

3

6}, John N Morris^{7

8}, Susan L Mitchell^{7

8}, Luke A Turcotte⁹

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health and the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
² Women's Age Lab and Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁶ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada.

Nathan M Stall et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;73(5):1624-1626.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.19337. Epub 2025 Jan 6.

Nathan M Stall^{1

2

3}, John Hirdes⁴, Darly Dash⁵, Kieran L Quinn^{1

3}, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher^{1

2

3

6}, John N Morris^{7

8}, Susan L Mitchell^{7

8}, Luke A Turcotte⁹

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health and the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
² Women's Age Lab and Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁶ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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