Is eating only the same thing common for someone with dementia?

If I ask Edna what she wants to eat, it's always one of three things: hamburger, hot dog or steak. The thing is, I also know her tastebuds: sweet, not very salty. So, if I make her something to eat, I just make it the way I know she'll eat it. And she does. So far.

18 pounds' weight loss in three months needs reporting to her doctor; but before agreeing to any investigations that he or she might propose, check that they serve a useful purpose.

I just downloaded a 69 page booklet from the National Parkinson Foundation called "Parkinson's Disease: Nutrition Matters." (and it was free!) It is great and answers many questions about what the caregiver needs to know about feeding.

I have noticed that as my mother's dementia increases, that she finds many foods she used to eat, now strange to her. She seems to choose those foods that she can remember. Often a hamburger.

I have foudn that as my mother's dementia increases she seems to have forgotten alot of foods, not recognizing them anymore. So I think with age she prefers the familiar, often a hamburger. I figure at 89 she is entitled to keep to the familiar if that is what feels good to her.

judahtaylor, my mother is the same way, she just turned 68 on april,7th, she don't recognize any food, but she stuck with eggo waffles and syrup, its the only thing she will put in her mouth, along with that I give her ensure for nutrition, she drinks like 6-8 per day, so a case of 24 only last 3 days. this is costly because I have to pay out of pocket for it. medicare wont pay because she don't have a feeding tube. its very common for them to stick to one food.

I think that must be so. My mother has dementia. She will eat the same things for lunch day after day - the "juice" out of a cup of soup, 1/4 grilled cheese sandwich. She doesn't cook any more. She only eats yogurt, ensure and anything sweet. Everything else she picks at it and puts it in a napkin and puts it in her purse or hides it. It drives me nuts - she complains about every soup they serve saying it is too thick. She won't eat the solid part of soup unless we nag her. She won't eat salad, complains about the veggies they serve at her independent living home, etc

My husband always used to eat salads, but recently has begun rejecting raw sweet peppers, radishes, even olives at times. He loves sweets and will eat several cookies, puddings & cake after every meal. I worry that he's going to become diabetic so I try to limit those things. He will usually finish soups especially if they are blended, so I take the vegetables he won't eat and throw them in the blender with some chicken/vegetable stock and hope that he's getting good nourishment from that.

My mom always ate healthy. She loved to look over a menu for a long time. As the dementia is getting worse, she will look at a menu forever, and then say "You know what I like, just order for me." I usually already have. But I have noticed, she eats better at home. A lot of the same foods, but she eats and has a Boost everyday, along with her vitamins.