Diet & Nutrition for Seniors
Diet & Nutrition Articles
Are You Eating Your ABCs?
Specific vitamins can have a significant positive (or negative) impact on your health. Learn what each one does, how to spot a deficiency, and what foods you should add to your diet to make sure you're meeting your nutritional requirements.
4 CommentsHydration Tips for Seniors
For many caregivers, preventing dehydration in elderly loved ones is a daily struggle. Learn how to help seniors get the fluids they need, even if they won’t drink water.
9 CommentsHow to Make Healthy Meals When You Have No Time to Cook
Cooking well-balanced meals is probably the last thing on your mind when you’re juggling work, family and caregiving, but the truth is that good nutrition is closely tied to good health. Use these tips and shortcuts to improve your dietary habits.
11 Comments5 High-Calorie Foods Your Elder Will Enjoy
Working around age-related changes in appetite and food preferences can be tricky for family caregivers. Try these tasty tips to help your loved one maintain a healthy weight and get the vital nutrients they need.
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Diet & Nutrition Questions
I keep being told that hospice care is for when a person is within 6 months of passing away. How do we determine when he has only 6 mo left?
27 AnswersLovemom1941 Replied Dec 2, 2025Looking for suggestions to help my mostly happy dementia father to want to eat, he's lost so much weight and his AL home is worried.
23 AnswersLlamalover47 Replied Nov 20, 2025I'm having a hard time getting my father who has Alzheimer's to drink enough water. Share what you all do.
19 AnswersAlvaDeer Replied Nov 11, 2025Has anybody had a loved one have any issues or complications with thickeners for their liquids?
5 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered Nov 1, 2025
Diet & Nutrition Discussions
I got mom's meals after being released from hospital.
5 CommentsRbuser1 Commented Nov 29, 2025My husband, diagnosed with mild cognitive disorder 3 years ago been eating a lot 3 meals + snacks in between then takes long naps.
3 Commentslealonnie1 Commented Nov 19, 2025Elderly eats junk food.
11 Commentsjulie4337 Commented Nov 13, 2025How I helped my parents build small daily habits that actually stuck.
5 CommentsMiaMoor Commented Sep 17, 2025
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- Mild Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Signs of Dementia
- Violent Behavior
- Chemotherapy
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Moderate Dementia
- Dementia Wandering
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Home Modification
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