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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is in her late 80s and has the same (lack of) appetite.  Things I’ve found that work:

1) She drinks two or three Boosts a day, varied between chocolate, vanilla and strawberry.  It’s just the regular 240 calorie brand, the higher calorie version didn’t sit well, maybe too many calories at once.  She likes them cold.

2) I make small, snack-like meals for her.  I’ll make a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich, cut it in fours, and give her a square here and there throughout the day.  I think a large volume of food at once is overwhelming, so breaking it up helps.

3) Small, but calorie dense snacks are a small handful of olives or a string cheese.  That’s a lot of sodium though, so I’ll slice up some tomatoes/cucumbers and give her a few discs or make a cucumber salad in vinegar and oil, which she likes.  I don’t ask her if she wants it, I’ll just give it to her and eat a few bites myself, which seems to help.

4) She likes fruit, but I’ve found bananas, peaches and plums are easiest to chew and swallow.  I’ll usually serve it with a small scoop or two of yogurt.

5) She likes soup, but I’ll serve it in a small mug rather than a bowl (smaller size more appealing, also, she can forgo the spoon and drink it if she wants).

6) Peas, corn and sweet potatoes are easier to eat than denser things like broccoli and cabbage.  If I give her a few spoonfuls of pasta salad, she’ll eat it all, but a bigger serving is too much to tackle and she won’t even try.

7) She also loves Stove-Top Stuffing for some reason, which she would have sniffed at once, but she’ll eat every bite now.  Maybe because it has pretty strong flavors.

Hope this is helpful.

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