I'd like to know what people think about the time of meals. Is it generally better for an elderly person to have their main meal in the middle of the day, or in the evenings?
My Dad has a fistula and the resulting problems with double incontinence were really bad during the night and early morning, so I decided to change his main meal to lunch time and give him a lighter tea. The situation is better some days and others, no different.
My brother and sister in law also live with Dad and me, and up until this became an issue, we would all have our main meal together in the evenings. They get back from work in time to eat at 6.30pm.
Being at a moderate stage of vascular dementia, my Dad's social skills are not what they once were and as we were all together, he would be keen to chat and would talk with his mouth full, which my brother inevitably reacted badly to. Meal time was not relaxing.
When Dad has his meal at lunch time, I have mine with him. My sister in law said today that as the change has made little difference to the incontinence problems, we should go back to eating in the evenings in order to save on gas.
I'd love to know what people think.
Hvml
My Dad has a fistula and the resulting problems with double incontinence were really bad during the night and early morning, so I decided to change his main meal to lunch time and give him a lighter tea. The situation is better some days and others, no different.
My brother and sister in law also live with Dad and me, and up until this became an issue, we would all have our main meal together in the evenings. They get back from work in time to eat at 6.30pm.
Being at a moderate stage of vascular dementia, my Dad's social skills are not what they once were and as we were all together, he would be keen to chat and would talk with his mouth full, which my brother inevitably reacted badly to. Meal time was not relaxing.
When Dad has his meal at lunch time, I have mine with him. My sister in law said today that as the change has made little difference to the incontinence problems, we should go back to eating in the evenings in order to save on gas.
I'd love to know what people think.
Hvml