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What rights for disabled children? Home enteral tube feeding in the community
Author(s) -
Townsley Ruth,
Robinson Carol
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1999.tb00100.x
Subject(s) - enteral administration , tube (container) , parenteral nutrition , feeding tube , medicine , sociology , psychology , nursing , intensive care medicine , surgery , engineering , waste management
The growing number of disabled children who are tube fed at home has important implications both for families and the professionals who support them. This paper reports on the preliminary findings of a project which aims to assess the practical, social and emotional impact of home enteral tube feeding (HETF) on the lives of disabled children and their families. The evidence presented here suggests that guidance and training on HETF for non‐parent carers is both inadequate and inconsistent. Consequently access to education and social services may be restricted or even denied for disabled children on HETF as a direct result of their perceived need for nursing or medical care. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.