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Weight Loss
Weight Loss in the Elderly
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Anyone else trying to lose caregiver weight?
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Mort1221
Answered Oct 2019
Speech therapist won't allow regular food. What are our rights?
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elaineSC
Replied Dec 2019
Mom is now drinking on average 6 Boost drinks a day instead of eating food. Need suggestions and advice.
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Heather10
Answered Mar 2020
My grandmother has severely declined in less than 2 months at nursing home. She has lost 40 lbs. Any suggestions?
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ToniFromRVA
Answered Oct 2019
Mom doesn't want to know- Has anybody been in this situation or have any light to shed on this issue?
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disgustedtoo
Answered Apr 2018
I visited a friend in a nursing home yesterday and they brought her dinner, and left it. Is this standard practice?
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NeedHelpWithMom
Replied Oct 2019
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Mom has mild/mid stage dementia. She says she's not hungry and barely eats. She's losing weight. Is this part of her dementia?
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MaryIsHere
Answered Apr 2018
My 96-year-old mother is eating a lot but losing weight. Any advice?
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bundleofjoy
Replied May 2022
My grandmother is receiving hospice care and is "actively dying." What does this mean?
43 Answers
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taivin
Answered Feb 2018
Is it normal progression for dementia patient to eat well, but still lose weight?
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Carol Bradley Bursack, CDSGF
Answered Nov 2016
Does anyone have an idea on how to get more calories into my husband who does not eat much? He has lost so much weight and I make what he says.
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Sendhelp
Replied Dec 2022
Fasting/Abstaining/Fall Risk. Any advice?
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NinjaWarrior3
Answered Apr 2021
UTI or dementia?
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lablover64
Answered Aug 2018
Can a severe fall trigger dementia?
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cye123
Answered Mar 2020
How to help with stress? I am stressful, resentful and finding lack of patience with my mom. Sometimes lack of compassion! It's not me!
31 Answers
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ElMa10r
Replied May 2020
Any tips on how to get more food into my mom? She is not wanting to eat very much. This just happened.
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Breezy23
Answered Sep 2022
How many calories should an 80 yr. old woman eat to mantain her weight?
29 Answers
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yogagirl
Answered Nov 2015
How did you know the end was approaching in hospice?
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nursesherry7
Answered Sep 2018
How long can I expect to have my mother with us? Some days are good and others seem like the end!
28 Answers
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NeedHelpWithMom
Replied Dec 2019
My mother wants to eat all the time. Anyone else experience weight loss in elderly family members even though they eat regularly?
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SacFol
Answered Nov 2021
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