Enteral/Nutritional
When a person cares for a family member or friend who needs nutritional support – or themselves – they must know the ins and outs of supplies and equipment.
February 17, 2021 | Enteral/Nutritional
Creating an Emergency G-Tube Kit
There are several items G-tube users or their caregivers need to keep nearby in the event of an incident with the supplies or an emergency.
November 20, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Allergy Friendly Thanksgiving Meal
Thanksgiving is a holiday when you appreciate your blessings and eat good food. However, many children and adults have food allergies preventing them from enjoying the food everyone else is having. It doesn’t have to be this way! Kids with Food Allergies came up with a list of tips and substitutions.
October 12, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Incorporating Tube Feeding Fun into Halloween
For this Halloween season, let’s include our tube feeding friends in the fun! There are many ways to incorporate this part of your life into the celebration along with tips on how to participate in regular festivities.
September 11, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Tube-feeding During A Power Outage
Power outages are common and it’s important to have a plan in place to be able to administer tube feedings during an outage, according to the nonprofit group Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation.
September 1, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Cross-Contact and Food Allergies
Cross-contact happens when one food comes into contact with another food and their proteins mix. As a result, each food then contains small – usually not even visible – amounts of the other one, which can be a problem for those with food allergies, according to Gina Salvatori, a registered dietitian with CHC Solutions, Inc.
August 23, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Feeding Toolkit for Parents of Children with Autism
Some researchers estimate that more than 50 percent of children diagnosed with autism have an issue with food or feeding, according to the nonprofit group Autism Speaks.
August 14, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Tube-feeding Guide to Educate Parents
The nonprofit group Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation offers a website with information for parents and caregivers working with children who are tube-fed.
June 1, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Feeding Intolerance Side Effects
The website Feeding Tube Awareness provides multiple resources and trouble-shooting tips on what to do if a child someone is caring for experiences tube-feeding intolerance.
May 18, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Dental care for kids who are tube-fed
Children with feeding tubes may need some extra attention
regarding oral/dental care, because children who don’t eat orally at all or as
often typically don’t produce as much teeth-cleaning saliva as other children
do.
March 31, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Caregiver Tips for Tube Feeding A Child At School
Two out of every five patients with feeding tubes are children, so the question of how best to tube feed at school is an important one.
January 30, 2020 | Enteral/Nutritional
Tips for Correcting Tube-Fed Oral Aversion
Most children with feeding tubes develop oral aversions, according to Feeding Tube Awareness.