Hi all
My mum is in the later stages of Alzheimer's, and her appetite has been up and down for a considerable time. But in the last few weeks she has hardly eaten or drunk very much at all. The NH thinks she has just gone downhill with the Alz. We tried custard with her yesterday and she was hardly even eating that, she was nearly spitting it out.
Although it probably is another phase in the disease (possibly her last) which we can do nothing about (perhaps not now knowing how to swallow?), I wondered if it was possible food could have gotten stuck in her gullet, hence her not eating or even drinking hardly anything. The problem is that because of her lack of communication she would not be able to tell us if anything was physically wrong.
Up until the last few weeks, one day shed be eating and drinking ok, then the next not much. Now its hardly anything every day.
Has anyone else experienced this in their loved one?
Thanks
Peter
My mum is in the later stages of Alzheimer's, and her appetite has been up and down for a considerable time. But in the last few weeks she has hardly eaten or drunk very much at all. The NH thinks she has just gone downhill with the Alz. We tried custard with her yesterday and she was hardly even eating that, she was nearly spitting it out.
Although it probably is another phase in the disease (possibly her last) which we can do nothing about (perhaps not now knowing how to swallow?), I wondered if it was possible food could have gotten stuck in her gullet, hence her not eating or even drinking hardly anything. The problem is that because of her lack of communication she would not be able to tell us if anything was physically wrong.
Up until the last few weeks, one day shed be eating and drinking ok, then the next not much. Now its hardly anything every day.
Has anyone else experienced this in their loved one?
Thanks
Peter