HI MY MOTHER HAS LEWY DEMENTIA AND IT IS A BATTLE TO GET HER TO DRINK WATER OR ANY FLUIDS AND EATING IS BECOMING A BIG PROBLEM. SHE THINKS THERE ARE THINGS IN HER FOOD AND IF SHE TAKES A COUPLE SIPS OF LIQUIDS SHE FEELS FULL SHE SAYS. IF WE WERE TO GIVEV HER SODA JUNK FOOD AND SUGAR SHE WOULD EAT THAT I'M SURE, GETTING HER TO EAT HEALTHY IS AN ISSUE. SHE DOES NOT EVEN DRINK 8 OZ OF WATER A DAY, IT IS A STRUGGLE TO GET HER TO EAT OR DRINK. SHE IS ON MEDICINE FOR THE DEMENTIA, ALSO SHE HAS LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE OF THIS WHAT CAN WE DO
My advice: give her soda and junk food and sugar. (It doesn't sound like swalowing per se is an issue at this point ... it is more about paranoia or not wanting the food, right?) Hope you can sneak a little nutrition in now and then. If/when she is ready for more subtantive meals, the so-called Mediterranean is what is generally recommended in the LBD world. But no diet is good for you if you don't eat it, so the first goal, in my mind, is to get some calories an fluids into Mother.
Good luck!
It is important to discuss all symptoms and behavioral changes with the doctor.