Hi ... this is my first time of posting on this board.... though I'm a habitue of other parts!
My lovely 81 year old Mum who is fiercely independent is getting rather forgetful, early stages of dementia and has lost 3 stone in just a few months. At last, she is letting us help her have all the regular tests - no major cancer, but does have diverticulitis. More tests to come
Meanwhile the challenge is encouraging her to eat stuff - if I ring at 4pm she will quite happily tell me that she's eaten half a banana and a digestive, has a full fridge and isn't very hungry. She does have problems with vomitting and diarrhoea which I guess is the diverticulitis, though we're not sure how much - each time it happens she exclaims "this is very unlike me"
At the moment one of her three children (including me) is seeing her once or twice a week, when she happily eats a reasonable though small meal. Clearly not enough but a start and for various reasons it's unlikely that between us we can manage more than twice a week - and she would certainly refuse to live with any of us!
Any ideas? I suspect Im not the only person to have this problem!