Mar 30 2009
Death by dementia(part 2)
As I discussed earlier, the end stage of dementia is not pretty. With any luck the person who is at this point in the disease will pass quickly. There is no quality of life.
Most likely this person with end stage dementia cannot talk. They may make verbal utterances. They cannot move except for involuntary reflex actions.
Then they stop eating and drinking because they forget how to swallow.
Often their diet has to be downgraded to puree like baby food because they forget how to chew or chew and swallow. Many times they have to be reminded to swallow when they eat.
Often their liquids have to be thickened because the swallowing mechanism itself works too slowly. Sometimes they get…..
We will also try to extract some happy moments. As you can imagine there are many not so happy moments.
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Thanks for sharing this site and information. I do not know of anybody that has Dementia, however, if I come across somebody or someone that has a loved one that has it, I will share your site with them.
they forget how to chew??? ohh!!! this must be really problematic
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That is something I had not heard of that they forget how to swallow. My husbands uncle is in the early stages of this disease. We visit whenever we can and we notice the changes in him slowly.
This is a very valuable site and I, for one, appreciate it immensely. Most of us will be affected at some point in our lives or the lives of our loved ones.
By the way, I’ve included “Dementia Expert” in my blogroll and I hope you continue to receive lots of traffic even though EntreCard is going to be gone from our sites.
–Doug in Missoula, Montana