I am interested to hear from others about loss or appetite and how to recover appetite in a post stroke patient.
Anonymouson September 25, 2015
3 ResponsesMy beautiful 82 year old mum had a stroke just over two months ago. She is currently in a rehab facility. She has neglect of her left side and is learning to walk and balance again. Her appetite has really taken a dive and progressively gets worse. We have to coerce her to eat a meal. She has no interest in food and meal times are hard for our family and for the nurses. Speech therapists have taught us good feeding techniques. Her chewing and swallowing is now very good and she is eating normal textured foods. She just has very little interest in eating at all. Any advice on increasing appetite would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.