I have a dear cousin caring for her step mother, using a feeding tube because to feed her by mouth is so tedious (keeping suction close at hand to prevent aspirations) and time consuming that it is better for the stepmother and my cousin that a tube be used. The Lady cannot talk (extreme tardive diskenesis), but she does like having that food 'fill up her tummy'.
I personally think that feeding tubes are wonderful, for those who cannot take food or drink by mouth...I have worked with a few patients who had feeding tubes, and led very productive fullfilling lives...
But there are those, who consider a feeding tube not to be something they would want for themselves...