Helping Alzheimer's Patients Eat More
Helping Alzheimer's Patients Eat More
HEALTHDAY NEWS
28-Sep-2004 TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Brightly colored cups and plates seem to help people with advanced Alzheimer's disease consume food and beverages, says a Boston University study in a recent issue of Clinical Nutrition .
Boldly colored tableware helped Alzheimer's' patients overcome a diminished sensitivity to visual contrast and increased the amount they ate and drank by 25 percent or more.
These findings suggest this approach may be a way to improve nutrition among people with advanced Alzheimer's disease.
About 40 percent of people with severe Alzheimer's suffer health-damaging weight loss. Depression, an inability to focus on more than one food at a time, and an inability to eat independently are among the reasons cited for this weight loss.
From (ajc.com)