Eating and Appetite in Dementia.
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Dementia can change eating habits and appetites.
Karen Francis talks about some of the reasons for this and gives tips on how to deal with it.
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Thank you, I have another suggestion with food that has helped me with my MIL that is I give her an ensure with her meds. She was going through some depression and wasn't eating so we started her on ensure. Then I noticed she would often choke when taking her meds with water, but with the ensure there was no choking. It helped me I hope it helps someone else.
My hubby 4 gets he ate and wants food constantly 😢
Brain signal not working well. My husband is always hungry. Not that I mind, but he wastes a lot of food.
That is the situation with my husband as well. Constantly rummaging for food.
Very helpful information. And I love the bear on the pole. Made me chuckle.
Your information was helpful to me as well. Thank you for providing!
Very helpful information. Thank you!
We have the opposite problem. My mother-in-law is always hungry or at least thinks she is. She frequently eats throughout the day. She will eat 2 or 3 bananas then say she only ate one. Tomatoes are especially a problem. She really likes the fresh tomatoes from our garden and will take one from the fruit bowl into her room eat it and drip juice on the carpet. We provide her with 3 meals a day and snacks and she has actually gained weight since moving in with us 2 months ago. We have since put the fruit bowl up in the cupboard so she can't reach it on her own. Any thoughts on this?
My mom is like this too. She's at mid to late stage 6 dementia-- and is always hungry. She sleeps a lot, and the minute she wakes up she wants to eat. She's put on a lot of weight last few years. Everything I've read says they start losing their appetite, but just the opposite here.
My mom goes from hardly eating at all to being ravenous and eating everything in sight. Especially sweets. She's always had a sweet tooth, but more so now. Thankfully as long as we keep it out of sight and reach, she forgets about it.
Same thing for my husband. I'm thinking there's a signal not being sent that he is full?
Thank you for explaining so clearly. I hv already started pulping my husband's food coz he chokes while eating
Many thanks for sharing this info. 💜
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this video,is very helpful
Your video was really helpful 💕Thank you!
My 94 year old mother has stage 4-5 Alzheimers and lives on her own. She has carers twice a day for medical, meals and light household tasks. Mother has now reached the stage where she cannot remember how to use her hob or oven safely to heat up her paltry evening meal, so her cooker has now been disconnected.. Her carers have been attempting to instruct her on how to use her microwave and have had to hide her steamer,used for vegetables. Mother's appetite is decreasing weekly. She relies on biscuits to sustain her diet and has reduced her luncheon intake substantially. Mother does not wear dentures or have diabetes, nor is she on medication relative to her Alzheimers. She is just getting less able to self sustain but refuses to consider going into a Care Home.
Thank you for sharing. We wish you and your mother well on this journey.
Do you have any credentials? You have some good information and I just wonder where it’s coming from (research, hospitals, facilities?)
Karen is a two-time recipient of the Alzheimer’s Association “Caring Hearts, Helping Hands” Volunteer-of-the-Year award. She also received the Presidential Service Award in 2009 for service to the Alzheimer’s population.
Karen has a Masters Degree in Social Work, a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology, and a Certificate of Gerontology.
It’s that a bear on the pole???
Oh that's awesome!!!! Increase the food that was a big contributor to them being in this position in the first place....SUGAR . Yeah , not interested in anything else you have to say.
Man you know nothing the horse has already bolted it's about keeping them comfortable in the short time they have left
Am I the only person seeing the bear in the tree? 🫣
Haha, you are not the first one to see it, but the first to comment!