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When is it ok to allow food refusal? 93-year-old with late-stage dementia.
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CaregiverL
Answered Feb 2019
What is the best method for moving my mother from the assisted living wing of the ALF to the memory care wing? She does NOT want to go.
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shb1964
Replied Feb 2019
Mum has Alzheimer's. Two weeks ago she fell and broke her hip. She came through the surgery fine but has now stopped eating.
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JoAnn29
Answered Feb 2019
My father has late-stage dementia and resides in an acute nursing facility. We have been told that he had a fall. Do you blame the facility?
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needtowashhair
Answered Feb 2019
My grandmother has stage 5 Parkinson's. How long can she live in this condition?
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SueC1957
Answered Feb 2019
What do you when your aging loved one is very uncooperative and you have to coerce her or him to eat?
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Any experience with coming home with a feeding tube?
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worriedinCali
Replied Jan 2019
How long did your loved one last after they stopped eating?
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lynnm12
Answered Jan 2019
My mother's caregiver called me last Friday to tell me my mother is not chewing or swallowing. Any advice?
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cwillie
Answered Jan 2019
I take care of a lady with dementia. She's only eating baby food and pudding. How long can she live that way?
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Caregiver02
Replied Jan 2019
My 85-year-old mother has shingles. Overall health is declining. I need diet and nutrition ideas.
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anonymous594015
Answered Jan 2019
Is it morally/ethically/legally permissible to remove food and hydration from an unresponsive late-stage Alzheimer's patient?
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SueC1957
Answered Jan 2019
What to do if patient won't eat or swallow?
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Daughterof1930
Answered Jan 2019
Any tips for getting fluids in Grandma and also putting on a little weight?
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TNtechie
Answered Jan 2019
Any experience with eating and late-stage Alzheimer's?
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JoAnn29
Answered Jan 2019
My 90-year-old grandma was diagnosed with stage 2B adenocarcinoma... Will she ever recover?
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surprise
Answered Jan 2019
How to get a dementia patient to drink fluids?
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anonymous272157
Answered Dec 2018
Feeding tube dilemma; is this an irreversible medical decision?
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MAFlatt
Answered Dec 2018
My mother in law is late stage dementia and is getting very bloated when fed. Her food is pureed and she is on a drip. Is she near the end?
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JoAnn29
Answered Dec 2018
End of life; Can anyone advise me on maybe how long he has to suffer like this?
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JoAnn29
Answered Dec 2018
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