My parents are currently in a very nice assisted living (dad) / memory care (mom) facility. I have been trying to get them moved to a facility that has a Medicaid option and the big barrier has been that my mom needs a mechanical soft diet due a lot of missing teeth and none of the 3 facilities in the area with the Medicaid option will accommodate this. It was suggested that she get dentures so that she could be on a regular diet. I have a dental consultation for her next week, but am not convinced that this would ever work out due to the dementia. I can see her taking them out at every opportunity and just laying them down some where never to be found again. Does anyone have any thoughts, suggestions or experience with this?
So, she remains on a soft mechanical diet.
Dad is not at all interested in dentures or having the rest of his teeth looked after, so they are slowly breaking and falling out. Dad does not have dementia is 91.
Taking mom in to have teeth removed is difficult, she will have to be sedated and recovery from sedation is not always great. Then she will have to deal with aftercare with wounds in her mouth. I strongly doubt the the facility will do a great job in following up with this. Then simply having her fitted will probably require sedation. then getting her to keep them in will be a problem. (Unless you go for implants.)
I find it hard to believe that Memory Care facilities can not or will not accommodate someone needing a mechanical soft or a pureed diet. She can't be the only one with missing, broken or no teeth!