My mother complains of several things not tasting good - not as good as they used to, tasting indifferent, etc. For coffee, we've experimented with changing brands and types, but get the same sort of response. As she's now saying this about an assortment of things, I'm starting to wonder if her Alzheimer's is responsible.
My mother's 90, so I'd expect some deterioration in her taste system anyway, but this is definitely over and above that. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2010, and her overall deterioration is a slower than average process, and all her symptoms are at the milder end of the scale. But she's now showing symptoms which indicate she's moved on from the mild to the moderate level of the disease. So, is it Alzheimer's that's responsible for the damage to her taste? If I can explain to her what's happening and why, it'll make it a bit easier for her (and us) in working out what we do about this, including just giving up the things which no longer taste good to her.
My mother's 90, so I'd expect some deterioration in her taste system anyway, but this is definitely over and above that. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2010, and her overall deterioration is a slower than average process, and all her symptoms are at the milder end of the scale. But she's now showing symptoms which indicate she's moved on from the mild to the moderate level of the disease. So, is it Alzheimer's that's responsible for the damage to her taste? If I can explain to her what's happening and why, it'll make it a bit easier for her (and us) in working out what we do about this, including just giving up the things which no longer taste good to her.