Hot Meal Finger Foods for Alzheimer’s Patients
October 26, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Hot Finger Foods
Cheryl has a question, after reading my post, Finger Foods for Alzheimer’s Patients:
My father is also in the same stage, he no longer uses utensils while eating. In order to give him his dignity we are starting finger foods; I should say the home he is residing in suggested this. He loves to eat!! I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for some hot meal fingerfoods.
The best I can suggest is to cut foods, like meat and vegetables, into smaller pieces he can pick up with his fingers. For instance, you might serve steak, chicken, roast beef, carrots, green beans. These will be a warm meal, but cut in pieces he can pick up and pop into his mouth easily.
This is something you tell a child, “No, use your fork (or spoon)!” But in his case, using his fingers would be completely acceptable.
Does anyone else have suggestions?
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