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Stressed about meal times

Stressed about meal times

Hi everyone as your all aware of the utter chaos right now especially when it comes to groceries. Im becoming increasingly stressed trying to find things my pop will eat.

I brought all the wrong things today but that's all there was on the shelves so it was better then nothing.

Any reccomendations on what to do?

***He doesnt eat wholemeal or multigrain breads. It has to be white regular sliced bread.

***He doesnt eat vegies or many fruits

*****The teabags i brought were wrong. He only has the teabags without the string and only in tetley brand.

****Brought the wrong milk. I brought skim milk for me and then full cream in the fresh stuff but thats wrong. He only drinks coles brand full cream uht milk

****He chose spaghetti for dinner but guess what he disnt eat it because i didnt put a tin of tomatos in it (wasnt any) and the pasta wasnt 'spaghetti' it was spiral pasta. Which i was lucky to even get one packet.

**he only eats certain tinned foods lie certain soups and spams which are barely avaliable now.

***doesnt like anything spicey, doesnt like alot of herbs (unless he cant see them)

**doesnt eat any form of pork

**doesnt eat chicken

**doesnt like steaks

**doesnt like microwave meals

**doesnt likw frozen fish so rules out like fish fingers etc

**doesnt like any sorts of rice or any pasta (besides spaghetti and only with the tinned meat/sauce combination)

I dont know what else to do and right now i just find whatever i can to make meals up.

Any suggestions?

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Gosh it's a difficult situation you're in lil Sis @outlander. But I think the suggestion to ring carers Australia sounds reasonable. And perhaps you could explain it to your pop that right now it's a bit like war tines, and there's limits of certain foods. So he sometimes has to have whatever there is. Make it into a conversation though. Ask him about his experiences with rationing and how he managed. It just might be an explanation he can get his head around. And most people with dementia are able and happy to talk about the past.

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Thanks @Sans911 i will try that 💌

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Hey @outlander I really felt your anguish and concern about your Pop last night. Hoping that you find some helpful things as soon as possible. Carers Aus. is a great place to start.

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Thank you @eth 💌

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Hey @outlander I'm just catching up

Gosh that is a really tough situation

You might have had enough of suggestions for now, The only thing that sprung to mind is offering iced coffee a bit more. Quite a bit of nutrition in that,

Main thing I wanted to say is that you are a gem. He is so lucky to have you. You are such a selfless soul.

I hope you can find ways to look after you too.

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Am thinking @outlander that your Pop was probably a child during WW2? My parents are in their '80s, which means they were born just before the war, so rationing was more what their parents were having to deal with. And sometimes the limited diet of their childhood is why some older people are fussy about food.

Another one that just occured to me is French Toast. Easy to make, reasonably nutritious... or at least filling. You can still tell the difference between white bread and wholemeal, but because it's so soft it might make wholemeal more palatable for your Pop.

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sorry i am a bit late my sister @outlander

sending you hugs

needing a lot of patience at this time my friend

Dementia Australia have some great tips about eating , daily life and they have a helpline too soo they may be able to help you with a fact sheet and some tips

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@outlander, thinking my mum is starting to have dementia as she is liking certain things done her way

even her med box was different so she wanted me to take it back to the chemist

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thank you @frog
he chose a juice today so hopefully that decision will last ..

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umm maybe @Smc
hes only 73 though? he managed to pick 2 things and I found a few tins of things that he likes as well as a few yohurts and custards so we are ok for a few days even if its not overly nutritious.

I think he likes French toast so I could try that too!
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