While caring for my wife (who has very recently passed away) with Early Onset Dementia over the last five years I read up a lot on dementia on here and on other web pages so I would know what changes can happen and at what stages so I would be able to recognise them when they occurred.
I did read up about the possibility that they could stop eating proper food, as my wife did, n went on to only eat chocolate. I did somehow miss the information that she could forget how to feed herself, which can also result in them stopping eating proper food, which knowing what I know now i very much regret, as I used to put cooked food out for her still n she would pick up the fork n move the food around on the plate.
It never occurred to me that she could have forgotten how to feed herself, n by moving the food around on the plate she must've wondered what she needed to do next with the food
If only I had not missed that vital information I could perhaps have kept her eating n kept her body strength up as well, n her not losing so much like she did that she couldn't even stand anymore like happened to her. It could also have helped save an unnecessary trip to n stay in hospital for nearly a month being fed n some of her body strength partly restored.
Please check all information that you can so that you are fully informed n haven't missed any vital information like I sadly n unfortunately did to my regret.
I did read up about the possibility that they could stop eating proper food, as my wife did, n went on to only eat chocolate. I did somehow miss the information that she could forget how to feed herself, which can also result in them stopping eating proper food, which knowing what I know now i very much regret, as I used to put cooked food out for her still n she would pick up the fork n move the food around on the plate.
It never occurred to me that she could have forgotten how to feed herself, n by moving the food around on the plate she must've wondered what she needed to do next with the food
If only I had not missed that vital information I could perhaps have kept her eating n kept her body strength up as well, n her not losing so much like she did that she couldn't even stand anymore like happened to her. It could also have helped save an unnecessary trip to n stay in hospital for nearly a month being fed n some of her body strength partly restored.
Please check all information that you can so that you are fully informed n haven't missed any vital information like I sadly n unfortunately did to my regret.