Can an Alzheimer's patient live on just applesauce, yogurt, and ice cream?

Elements, pertaining to diet:
The key to a healthy balanced diet is not to ban or omit any foods or food groups but to balance what you eat by consuming a variety of foods in the right proportions. At a high level, the basic elements of a healthy diet include the right amount of protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and water.

Applesauce has fiber.
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.

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Oatmeal comes to mind. Maybe some scrambled eggs.

Could probably use a little fiber in there and something with a little bulk otherwise I would foresee gastrointestinal problems in their future.

The biggest issue I see with just eating those three things is a lack of fiber. I agree with - why push things they can't or won't eat at this point, but a lack of fiber in a high dairy diet can lead to constipation which can leave the individual pretty uncomfortable. Can you mix in one of those tasteless powders like Benefiber into the yogurt and the apple sauce? It won't change the consistency of the food either. Rainman has a nightly double serving of yougurt with a heaping tablespoon of Benefiber mixed in at his doctors order.

Sounds good to me if that's all they can get down.

What are elemtents??? I mean elements!

If it's a decent quality ice cream with whole egg content, and whole milk yoghurt, and the apple sauce is properly made, not too sugary, and includes some ascorbic acid... well, you're not missing many major elemtents. Not what you'd call a perfectly balanced diet, no, but it could be a lot worse.

Keep offering a variety of alternatives, but I agree with Pam - what's the point of forcing the issue?

August 23, 2016, I think I would try to find out why they are only wanting those soft foods. Perhaps their teeth or mouth hurts, or dentures don't fit properly anymore. Perhaps they are choking on other foods. Certainly they can live for a while on such a limited diet, but eventually the lack of nutrition will catch up with them. Try a multivitamin as well.

Seems like it would get boring after a while, see if you can find out the underlying reason.

At this point, I'd let them eat whatever they want as long as they are still eating.

Sounds like my mother in law. I always figure let them have at least one thing in life they enjoy. Maybe swap to Greek yogurt- it's very high in protein . Give her gummy vitamins. They are yummy.