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We leave a glass of water, a small glass of juice, and a cup of decaf coffee on the table next to where he sits during the day. He regularly sips the coffee all day and sometimes sips from the water and juice. He does drink about half a glass of water to get his medications down in the am and pm. It works for now.
The problem my mom has is that she can't understand the correlation between eating and pooping. She eats very little, but still believes she needs to poop every day.
Miralax worked for my mom, but she doesn't take it all the time.
Her doc said she could take it daily and to up her fluid intake. I gave my mom a measured container and a quota per day. It can be water, juice, milk whatever. However, she says she drinks a lot more, but I have no way of knowing for sure.
Chewables can be problematic for older people because if dental issues, so consider that when choosing options
I finally got her off the laxatives and started Miralax. Even though the prescribed amount is no more than 7 days, her dr said she could take it every day as long as she was drinking enough fluids.
Because my mom's weight has dropped significantly in the past year (weighs 107 lbs now), she wants to try and gain weight and she thinks drinking a lot of whole milk will do that. This is probably adding to the constipation issue.
Mom, like most elderly, has dental issues that keep her from eating anything that isn't soft.
The Miralax works fine for my Mom - when she takes it. The problem I'm having now is she has stopped taking any of her meds - including the Miralax. I can't figure out if it's through forgetfulness or she chooses not to. I placed a large sign on her fridge that reads "Take Your Medicine". Verbal reminders have not worked as she will fib to me she has taken them.
oe thing to be very aware of the tendency to leak liquid stool round a big hard lump of poop. Someone mentioned skid marks on the underwear and this could be the cause.
plz add okra, spinach
and celery in her meal. Try to make all kind of vegetable's soup ,blender and give her. my mom also has dementia she is 90 I feed her like a 4,5 years old baby.she doesn't speak with me. she is my lovely baby .
I should mention the part about laxatives that someone mentioned here. I found that as we get older we may tend to have seepage from our anal cavity's even though we don't have anymore to expel. I used to wonder why the mother of a friend of mine would have skidmarks in her panties when you saw them in the bathroom, and I think I now understand why. Sometimes when we get done and go to wipe we have globs oozing out of us even when we're done. I found an occasional laxative to clean everything out and you're very beneficial because then I can use less paper, it'll definitely will go much further after a rare round with a laxative. Sometimes it's good to just go ahead and clean out the plumbing because there are multiple benefits including being able to comfortably eat a full meal again without feeling bloated
I hesitate to advise anyone to resort to laxatives unless the physician recommends it. Or a pharmacist might recommend a certain laxative based on what other medications are taken on a routine basis. Better to use the trial and error based on those high fiber foods that work for HER.
It is NEVER good to routinely use a laxative no matter how old.
Milk of Magnesia is just plain horrible tasting, to me, anyway. My suggestion is to go online and print off a list of those foods that are highest in fiber, then through trial and error, see which of those foods she WILL eat.
Also, print off a list of those foods that are obviously constipating, such as cheese, and eliminate those foods from tbe house.
Who does the grocery shopping?
Squash also helps. I think because they contain a lot of water.
In any case, call her dietitian / nutritionist for tips. Good luck my friend.