"How to make your patient to eat"

By Gik

Sometimes we have this frustration with our patients. Either they don't feel like eating or simply they just stop liking a certain type of food...or type of "cooking".

Either the way, it's important as caregivers to make sure they don't lose muscle mass or they will get sick and weak.

Some pointers are the following:

*take the person to a restaurant he has never been before.

*Check if he is not depressed or needs to see a doctor for any stomach bug.

*Sit with the person and join him to eat, try to have a nice chat with him.

*Make as possible that he exercise.

*Watch a show together or attend to one.