My grandma had left side stroke, now she cant speek or understand. She refuses to eat and drink water all the time. We're desperate. Help!!! My grandma had left side stroke, now she cant speek or understand. She refuses to eat and drink water all the time. We're desperate, we try to explain her, to please her, try with sweets, but everything is without succes. She holds out all the time and its very dangerous. How else can we help? Doctor is against tube and has no idea what should we do. It passed 3 months since stroke and there is no progress. Please help, thank you!
LP, you say you have experience? With persons who are on Hospice who are refusing food? Just make sure that your attempts to feed Grandma are safe. You don't want her to aspirate.
If your grandma cannot speak, and is rejecting food and drink, there really is nothing to be done. If she has trouble swallowing, VERY common to stroke patients, then giving her liquids can cause her to choke., and by choke I mean, and then die. If you do give her liquids,, thicken them., ask the nurses that are caring for her now what to buy., There's powder to thicken thin liquids.,, Then just hang on dear, we can't always fix whats wrong. The hospice nurses should be able to give you good direction on what to expect, and where to go for support. Good luck.