An Older Patient with Alzheimer's Disease Has a Feeding Tube

An older patient with Alzheimer's disease has a feeding tube. The family wants to know if the patient will ever be able to eat solid food again. What information should the nurse include when responding to this family's question?

A) The dietitian will decide if this can be done.
B) It depends upon the patient's functional eating abilities.
C) This can be done but the feeding tube has to be removed first.
D) In the patient with dementia, the restoration of natural feeding is highly unlikely.