Hi, I’m new to this site. I searched for help with my mum. She is 89 has dementia but it hasn’t been determined exactly which but I think going on her symptoms that it is vascular. My issue at the moment is her eating and drinking. I found a thread where someone was describing the problem with their mum and it could have been my mum that was being described. She spits food out and says she can’t eat something because it gets all round her mouth, I have suggested she has water to help which she does but food still gets spat out. Mealtimes are a nightmare, I can deal with all the other stuff that comes with the dementia but the eating is doing me in. She also has heart failure which she has had for 6 years and meds have helped but recently she is struggling which could be down to the fact that she isn’t eating Or drinking properly and the last thing I want is for her to be admitted to hospital because of this. We were recently told that she also has indicators that she has cancer of the ovaries but we haven’t told her that and won’t until we feel the need. I am now going to buy and make some soups but blitz it so that there are no bits so hopefully this will go down and I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get her eating and drinking better. Watch this space and keep your fingers crossed for me.