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Comment by lukas099

3 days ago

If I was starving to death, the acute sensation of hunger would override everything else in my mind.

Unfortunately someone with advanced dementia does not know if she has eaten or not. Most of the time there will be no eating, unless someone else puts food in your mouth.

  • That wasn't the case with my father, who had a pretty good appetite up until his last few weeks.

    • I'm sorry for your first-hand experience, but I also need to remind you that 1 first-hand experience does not translate well to the overall population of people experiencing dementia.

    • That’s literally what it says in the story though. That it would only happen if the person won’t eat by themselves.