[Dysphagia] SNF/DIETS/APPETITES-ALLISON B

[robmelch70 at hotmail.com (Rob Melchionna)]

I'll never forget one of my first jobs in a nursing home having a resident 
ask me for more and more Sweet and Low for his coffee.  After the 14th (not 
a typo) packet he finally said it tasted right.
Rob


>From: Irene Campbell-Taylor <eripley@yahoo.com>
>To: Alyce Schoenagel <atsslp@yahoo.com>, Dysphagia@b9.com
>Subject: Re: [Dysphagia] SNF/DIETS/APPETITES-ALLISON B
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
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>Alyce Schoenagel <atsslp@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  What we don't often consider is that their taste buds are dead!
>
>** They may not be exactly dead but, in the very elderly the only thing 
>they can reliably taste is sweet - hence the scarfing down of Ensure that 
>is so cloying just thinking about it rots my molars. So... I add maple 
>syrup, honey, brown sugar etc, in small amounts to just about everything - 
>and watch it disappear.And no, it isn't snough to affect those with 
>diabetes. I wouldn't eat broccoli with maple syrup but then, I don't have 
>impaired taste sensation. Too often those who are selecting foods for the 
>LTC resident forget that it may taste fine to them but they don't have to 
>eat it.
>
>Irene.
>
>
>
>Dr I Campbell-Taylor
>Clinical Neuroscientist
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