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Now I know where the difficult child strain in my family came from
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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 594735" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>Part of the problem with the extreme elderly and nutrition is so many neural pathways get worn out! Mom at 94 is not simply hard of hearing, but has an age related processing delay. Talking to her has a one second lag similar to the way overseas phone calls used to be. </p><p></p><p>If she's having a problem where things just aren't tasting good anymore, bland or whatever, one trick Mom has used that seems to work is processed foods with MSG as a prep ingredient. It's not the best diet, no, but my mom's at the age where it's more important to keep the weight on than worry about OMG PROCESSED FOODS IN A BOX.</p><p></p><p>Another trick that worked for DEX's grampa was high protein desserts. His sweet tooth got so overwhelming when dementia started nudging its way in that the Meals on Wheels and home visit people were reporting they'd drop off his dinner, he'd eat the dessert and any sweet side dish, and the rest would go bad in the fridge. If she can tolerate dairy, then milk-based egg custards, baked goods with powdered dry milk added, and similar things. Ice cream and similar frozen desserts, there's even a recipe on the web for "Goodness Gracious Great Bars of Spam!" SPAM bar cookies. Or Chinese style sweet and sour (usually mostly sweet, ick) chicken or pork and so on.</p><p></p><p>Far as flushing things goes - Yow. I'm not surprised, but at least you got it before it did a number on your drain pipes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 594735, member: 15907"] Part of the problem with the extreme elderly and nutrition is so many neural pathways get worn out! Mom at 94 is not simply hard of hearing, but has an age related processing delay. Talking to her has a one second lag similar to the way overseas phone calls used to be. If she's having a problem where things just aren't tasting good anymore, bland or whatever, one trick Mom has used that seems to work is processed foods with MSG as a prep ingredient. It's not the best diet, no, but my mom's at the age where it's more important to keep the weight on than worry about OMG PROCESSED FOODS IN A BOX. Another trick that worked for DEX's grampa was high protein desserts. His sweet tooth got so overwhelming when dementia started nudging its way in that the Meals on Wheels and home visit people were reporting they'd drop off his dinner, he'd eat the dessert and any sweet side dish, and the rest would go bad in the fridge. If she can tolerate dairy, then milk-based egg custards, baked goods with powdered dry milk added, and similar things. Ice cream and similar frozen desserts, there's even a recipe on the web for "Goodness Gracious Great Bars of Spam!" SPAM bar cookies. Or Chinese style sweet and sour (usually mostly sweet, ick) chicken or pork and so on. Far as flushing things goes - Yow. I'm not surprised, but at least you got it before it did a number on your drain pipes. [/QUOTE]
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