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My mother began eating only soft foods and started coughing more and more. She lost a great of weight and now is on tube feeding because she was so severely malnourished. She has significant swallowing difficulties, probably as a result of a previous stroke.
Have swallowing tests done. Speech therapists can do special evaluations and can provide exercises and other types of help for problems swallowing.
Oddly enough it's thin liquids that can cause the most problems. They can start down the throat before the swallowing mechanism protects the wind pipe, causing choking. Any food or even normal secretions, can get into the lungs this way and cause aspiration pneumonia. ( My Mom is fighting off her second round of aspiration pneumonia.)
Foods can be thickened with commercial food thickeners or by tricks like adding instant mashed potatoes to soup. This helps prevent aspiration.
I recommend searching the terms, "dysphagia" - difficulty swallowing and "mechanical soft diet" to learn about helpful dietary changes.
Lilliput, my uncle had Zenker's diverticulum, which creates a pouch in the swallowing tube which can cause problems like difficulty swallowing and regurgitation of food. I think you could learn a lot about your mother's problem by having the barium study or other tests to identify the problem.
I hope you both can take action to prevent the malnutrition that has weakened my mother so much. It's a long slow process to get any reasonable amount of strength back and increases their vulnerability to all sorts of problems. Good luck
My mother is going through the same thing. The strange thing is that when she eats with us, she does not seem to have problems swallowing. When she is on her own, I think she gets scared of choking. Her doc said that she could get rehab therapy to "relearn" how to swallow. She may also have a blockage and would need a "barium study." She would dring barium while they shoot x-rays of her throat. I noticed that she asks for softer foods now and has lost weight because she does not get enough calories. I just found some new baby yogurts that have vegetables and fruit mixed in. good luck
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Have swallowing tests done. Speech therapists can do special evaluations and can provide exercises and other types of help for problems swallowing.
Oddly enough it's thin liquids that can cause the most problems. They can start down the throat before the swallowing mechanism protects the wind pipe, causing choking. Any food or even normal secretions, can get into the lungs this way and cause aspiration pneumonia. ( My Mom is fighting off her second round of aspiration pneumonia.)
Foods can be thickened with commercial food thickeners or by tricks like adding instant mashed potatoes to soup. This helps prevent aspiration.
I recommend searching the terms, "dysphagia" - difficulty swallowing and "mechanical soft diet" to learn about helpful dietary changes.
Lilliput, my uncle had Zenker's diverticulum, which creates a pouch in the swallowing tube which can cause problems like difficulty swallowing and regurgitation of food. I think you could learn a lot about your mother's problem by having the barium study or other tests to identify the problem.
I hope you both can take action to prevent the malnutrition that has weakened my mother so much. It's a long slow process to get any reasonable amount of strength back and increases their vulnerability to all sorts of problems. Good luck
Her doc said that she could get rehab therapy to "relearn" how to swallow. She may also have a blockage and would need a "barium study." She would dring barium while they shoot x-rays of her throat.
I noticed that she asks for softer foods now and has lost weight because she does not get enough calories. I just found some new baby yogurts that have vegetables and fruit mixed in.
good luck