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I'm hoping to connect with other caregivers who have encountered similar medical experiences with their loved ones and were fortunate enough to have found successful, concrete solutions managing these or similar symptoms.
I've dealt with the other end of the spectrum...my dad was hospitalized for having gone down to 90 lbs. Fortunately after several weeks of rehab, he gained weight and has been stable since (105lbs). Best wishes to those of you dealing with keeping the weight on.
Okay, I gotta say, with all due respect, nutrition is important at any age and every age. Though it may seem relatively "benign," overeating can be a problem in itself, can exacerbate other problems, and can be symptomatic of still other serious problems. For example, many people mood alter with so-called "comfort foods" (most commonly high in sugar, fat, carbs, refined carbohydrates) to self-medicate depression, grief, and/or anxiety, when what they really need is grief support or therapy for depression and anxiety. Has she been tested for food allergies? Sometimes people have an "addictive" allergic reaction to certain foods so that the more they eat they more they want. Also might need to be assessed for nutritional deficiencies that could trigger cravings. Anyway, what if this lady has "only" 5-10 more years to live - or only one, for that matter? The quality of those years can be significantly enhanced or diminished by what/how much/why she eats, just as at any other age. Bottom line: (in my humble opinion) if this incessant eating and drinking is new behavior OR if its long-term and chronic, I would have it assessed by an appropriate medical professional, either a doctor, nutritionist, or other. Best wishes to all...
It is a logistical issue for you to let her, or make it possible for her, to eat when she wants to? (How much is incessant?) Maybe she's got nothing else to do and it's comforting.
High-glycemic diets make you hungry all the time. How much sugar and refined flour is she eating?
Or is it her physical health? If that's what's worrying you, what do her doctors say? Is she wildly overweight? how much food is she actually taking in?
(And does it really matter, actually? Not to be brutal about it, but she is going to die sometime in the next ten years; which means something about her body is going to go haywire. Of all the symptoms we've seen on this forum, being hungry seems like one of the most benign....)