My darling 91 yr old mother has started refusing drinks and food. She had a chest infection and she's doing it all the time now. Plus spitting out her tablets or choosing them and or spitting them out. I am at my whitts end in desperation. She may soon be dehydrated . Help
Desperate for tips and advice
- Thread starter Brierton
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Do you look after your mum or is she is a care home.
The nursing home my mum was in had to covert her medicine into her drinks or food, either liquid meds or crushed the tablets. You can ask the GP to prescribe liquids or get a tablet crusher.
Also she can be prescribed Enusre Plus or Ensure Compact drinks which contain vital vitamins and minerals.
My mum would eat custard, jelly, anything that would slide down but would not eat anything with bits in.
Worth a try.
The nursing home my mum was in had to covert her medicine into her drinks or food, either liquid meds or crushed the tablets. You can ask the GP to prescribe liquids or get a tablet crusher.
Also she can be prescribed Enusre Plus or Ensure Compact drinks which contain vital vitamins and minerals.
My mum would eat custard, jelly, anything that would slide down but would not eat anything with bits in.
Worth a try.
Brierton
Did you buy them or make them yourself?Mam seems dehydrated today I need to get moving. Do they suck them?
Did you buy them or make them yourself?Mam seems dehydrated today I need to get moving. Do they suck them?
Monday struggle
I looK after my.91 yr old mother alone. Have done for years. This not swallowing food n drink.has just started. Over the last 10 days I've begged bribed pleaded and limped my way to now. However I'm worried she is going to get dehydrated as her eyes look a bit sunken. Anything I can do to stop it getting worse today. Apart from getting sips from a water cup and dips from ensure cup I'm struggling and I don't want to see her collapse.
I looK after my.91 yr old mother alone. Have done for years. This not swallowing food n drink.has just started. Over the last 10 days I've begged bribed pleaded and limped my way to now. However I'm worried she is going to get dehydrated as her eyes look a bit sunken. Anything I can do to stop it getting worse today. Apart from getting sips from a water cup and dips from ensure cup I'm struggling and I don't want to see her collapse.
hi Brierton
10 days is quite some time
it may be that your mother's swallow is affected - ask for a referral to the SALT Team (Speech and Language Therapy) to assess her
call her GP and/or District Nurse today, mention not taking in liquids and not taking her meds
it may be that thickening drinks may help
you can make ice lollies by freezing juices in plastic containers with a stick in
eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Faringdon-Collection-17840855-Lolly-Maker/dp/B0012DQQ8O
and, yes, they are to lick/suck slowly
10 days is quite some time
it may be that your mother's swallow is affected - ask for a referral to the SALT Team (Speech and Language Therapy) to assess her
call her GP and/or District Nurse today, mention not taking in liquids and not taking her meds
it may be that thickening drinks may help
you can make ice lollies by freezing juices in plastic containers with a stick in
eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Faringdon-Collection-17840855-Lolly-Maker/dp/B0012DQQ8O
and, yes, they are to lick/suck slowly
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(((hugs)))
Have you talked to the doctors about this?
Mum has stopped eating and drinking 3 times this year and then each time has bounced back. However, stopping eating and drinking can be a sign of the final stage as the body is closing down. You really do need to talk to the doctors. Has the chest infection gone now?
Have you talked to the doctors about this?
Mum has stopped eating and drinking 3 times this year and then each time has bounced back. However, stopping eating and drinking can be a sign of the final stage as the body is closing down. You really do need to talk to the doctors. Has the chest infection gone now?
