How common is this?
My father in law used to forget to make himself eat or drink - but for the last year he has been in a care home, where his meals are cooked and there is morning and afternoon tea/coffee or well. But he has started to not want to eat or drink.
He isn't depressed that we can see.
The staff said I might be related to raised PSA levels in a recent blood test - he's not being investigated for prostate related treatment in view of his age and frailty. But how common is this in the latter stages of dementia. (Are the movements relating to chewing and swallowing just too tiring/difficult?)
My father in law used to forget to make himself eat or drink - but for the last year he has been in a care home, where his meals are cooked and there is morning and afternoon tea/coffee or well. But he has started to not want to eat or drink.
He isn't depressed that we can see.
The staff said I might be related to raised PSA levels in a recent blood test - he's not being investigated for prostate related treatment in view of his age and frailty. But how common is this in the latter stages of dementia. (Are the movements relating to chewing and swallowing just too tiring/difficult?)