When Alzheimer’s patients no longer can feed themselves by using utensils, try some finger foods.  I found that Mother still could pick up bite size pieces and realize they should go into her mouth.  (We just had to be careful the items she was picking up were edibles.)

As I read Kendra James’ post at Diabetes Notes today, Fruit Kabobs Were The Highlight of My Day, I recalled the appeal of finger foods for Mother when she had Alzheimer’s.  Kendra tells of the fruit kabobs she had for lunch.

Fruit and cheese kabobs that my 7 year old made. They were really good, just chunks of cheese and berries, bananas, apples and grapes on a bamboo stick. She had fun making them too!

   It made me hungry reading about them.

What can you think about for your Alzheimer’s patient to eat for meals and snacks that are nourishing and easy to pick up with the fingers?

 How do you solve the eating problem when they have difficulty feeding themselves?

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Finger Foods for Alzheimer’s Patients