I have found this thread really enlightening. Feel a bit dim but hadn't associated the dementia with the increased appetite especially the sweet tooth.
When we moved in with her she weighed about 5 stone.Now is about 7 1/2.
Grandma eats like a horse - i try to give a balanced diet...she wanders at night and has in the past eaten a 16 pack of 2 finger kitkats in one sitting and whole cakes disappear - blamed the OH at first. This weekend visitors were coming - made a banoffi pie...gone in the morning. When i quizzed her said she didn't think it was her but could she have the recipe - as if she's ever going to make one!!! She's costing me a fortune. I find she is eating less of her dinners especially vegetables. Am now "hiding" the veg in sauces etc just like with the kids.
Refined sugars not good for her especially as she gets quite constipated.
Only time she seems happy and free from anxiety is when she is eating.
When we moved in with her she weighed about 5 stone.Now is about 7 1/2.
Grandma eats like a horse - i try to give a balanced diet...she wanders at night and has in the past eaten a 16 pack of 2 finger kitkats in one sitting and whole cakes disappear - blamed the OH at first. This weekend visitors were coming - made a banoffi pie...gone in the morning. When i quizzed her said she didn't think it was her but could she have the recipe - as if she's ever going to make one!!! She's costing me a fortune. I find she is eating less of her dinners especially vegetables. Am now "hiding" the veg in sauces etc just like with the kids.
Refined sugars not good for her especially as she gets quite constipated.
Only time she seems happy and free from anxiety is when she is eating.