Constipation remedies
I started something with the Prunes didn't I? And I was only 51 when I had my "Bad Trouble". Didn't realise there were so many ways of getting prunes!
Obviously a regular diet with plenty of fibre, fruit, veg is a help. But physical inactivity does increase the risk of constipation (my migraine tied me to the bed for the best part of two months - including three emergency admissions to hospital), and the constipation was only temporary (never suffered from it before or since), so while I ate a complete can (perhaps an older person should be a bit restricted) it was only for a couple of days, not regularly.
Water is essential, but don't we all find that old people don't drink water? My mum suffers from cystitis and thinks that a thimble of water a day will help. TWO LITRES MUM. Oh I can't drink that much.
Try some on breakfast cereal.
And avoid eggs and bananas for a few days.
Liquorice. That's an old one. I was always led to believe liquorice caused hard stools (and black, of course, which doesn't matter if you know its the liquorice that has cause it).
Eeeh, we have some good topics of conversation on here, don't we?
So you all now know about my constipation problem! I don't think I even told my GP. Hope you don't email it to all your friends and family!
Seriously, any experiences we can share are worth looking at, to see if they might work for our relative.
Good luck.
Margaret