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My mom started pocketing her food in her cheeks and dad would have to pull the food out of her mouth also. Once she started to continuously do this, dad started pureeing her food so she wouldn't have to chew for so long and wouldn't hold it in her cheeks. He hated that she couldn't eat solid foods but he was more afraid of her choking or getting pneumonia that it didn't take much to convince him to do this. Google information on what could happen to your mom and read it to him. Sometimes this scares them into doing the right thing.
Since there is so much good info here already, I tend to expand on what daughterof said: your dad is apparently having his own age-related decline, and perhaps you can gently say this one time to him, timed just right. It will make him sad and embarrassed, which I know you don’t want, but may help make some progress. That only someone in a more feeble mental state would cross what educated and experienced nurses are saying. He is under terrible stress, and/but you might need to use a chink in his armor.
Try to make a more special connection with the caregiver, that this is when you need her most, maybe even increase the pay a small bit?
God bless you both, and your mom. 💐
Getting information online (hopefully a brief description will be enough, as if it's too lengthy, he may choose not to read it) or even better a video demonstration you can show to him might help.
Give props to the caretaker. Make sure the person isn't feeling pressured by dad - if she's feeding mom, keep dad occupied and out of her hair!
Found one youtube that shows both normal and aspiration (note the first, normal swallow, is only has about 40 seconds of video, not 1 1/2 min, but it's enough. The second, aspiration, is closer to 1 min, not 8 min (the rest of both is just black screen!)
https://dysphagiadiagnostex.com/pages/mbss-video-examples
Mother made the transition to soft foods and a bottle of Ensure and he was a lot less anxious. Choking and not having the ability to 'cough up' what's stuck is horrible and scary.
Honestly, as much as dad enjoyed a good meal, I don't recall him ever complaining about the diet change.
It is really hard to deal with.
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