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Swallowing
Swallowing Disorders in the Elderly
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How do we provide skilled nursing support to my mother in law, when we are already going bankrupt covering cost for assisted living?
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mstrbill
Answered Dec 2019
How to thicken liquids for dysphasia without powder made for thickening?
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cwillie
Replied Jan 2020
How do I care for an immobile, almost blind, dementia patient that either pockets food and/or spits it out? This usually happens with solids.
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newbiewife
Answered Aug 2019
Husband keeps wanting to go doctors and specialists to seek help for his FTD. Cannot make him understand these are symptoms of his dementia.
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PandabearAUS
Answered May 2019
What do you do when an elderly person forgets how to spit?
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faeriefiles
Answered May 2019
How to stop elderly from spitting?
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Have y'all had trouble finding cookbooks for people who need puree/semi puree? They read/taste like VCR manuals! Would a new resource help?
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cwillie
Answered Jul 2019
If Alzheimer's patient is "fine" but their family caretaker is not feeding them is this elder abuse? What exactly can be done?
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BarbBrooklyn
Answered Nov 2019
Stage 3 pressure wound. What can I do?
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cwillie
Answered Oct 2019
Parkinson’s and does not talk. Now has trouble swallowing. Any suggestions?
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GrannyMon12
Answered Sep 2019
My dad's appetite is bad, why does he put his chewed food back? He does this mostly at lunch & supper and lost 3 lbs.
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earlybird
Answered Aug 2020
Mum's come home to die and l feel l can't look after her the way she wants me to. Any suggestions?
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Sadtimes
Replied Jul 2020
How to enhance appetite of stroke patient who continues to have difficulty swallowing (food is mechanical chopped or soft)?
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IAmGettingOld
Answered May 2020
May I have help defining noticed problems?
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Tothill
Replied Sep 2020
My mother-in-law (70) has Alzheimer's and it mimics Parkinson's. Had another UTI came home on hospice &24 hr care 3 wks ago. Any ideas?
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K
Kimit1976
Replied Sep 2020
Hospice care at home for my dad?
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AlvaDeer
Answered Oct 2020
It's difficult to swallow meds. How do I handle this?
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MargaretMcKen
Replied Oct 2020
I need menu ideas for my mom who is going to be on soft diet since having a stroke. Where can I find?
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Isthisrealyreal
Answered Dec 2020
Coronavirus. Do we have the right to see mom and take her out?
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AlvaDeer
Answered Nov 2020
Husband's food needs to be pureed. Where can I buy already pureed food?
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Beatty
Answered Nov 2020
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