Not eating food

tabasum

Hello I am from India My grandmother has dementia she forget daily tasks but remember family members. Now she is not able to eat food Md difficulty in walking while standing she rejects to walk.She prefers to sleep only as much as. Kindly suggest me how can i make here to. Regain eating and walking activities

Qzie

Welcome, tabasum. Does your grandmother have a doctor you can talk to? Did she stop eating and walking suddenly? She may be in pain or have an infection like UTI. Is there a favorite food or sweet she will try?

eaglemom

Welcome to the message board.

As was stated, does your grandmother have a doctor? If yes, they need to be contacted. If she does not have a doctor she needs to see one because of these problems.

Is she living alone? If yes that could be a problem for her safety. You say she is not able to eat - are you certain she doesn't have an issue with her teeth? It could hurt to eat. If your not eating you won't have energy to walk, nor would you want to. You have to get to the bottom of the why she's not eating immediately, IMO. Maybe her throat is sore and that's why she's not eating. The list goes on and on. Thus the reason for her to be seen have a doctor.

Do let us know how she's doing.

eagle

VimlaR

My motheris not eating , not opening her mouth and even if we feed her with force she throws everything out
How should I make her eat . Nowadays only only soft diet. She is diabetic and needs to have something to take her medications.

TT019

I am providing care for someone who is suffering from dementia. They too also stopped eating food. The culprit was Metformin. 500mg twice a day. After about a week of taking it, she just stopped eating everything. Took her off and she eats everything. I would say check all of their medicine and see if any are an appetite suppressant.