Category: Chewing and Swallowing
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Wild Rice Chicken Mushroom Soup
This Wild Rice Chicken Mushroom Soup is a great cold-weather meal. It’s good for families and for people with dementia, because it’s comforting, balanced, and easy to chew. Here you’ll learn about flavorful and healthy wild rice, and how to make this straightforward soup that caregivers can prepare quickly and that you and your loved…
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Dementia-Friendly Hamburger Soup with Cream of Mushroom
Hamburger soup is a meal that definitely says ‘caregiver friendly’. It is delicious, soft, filling, and good for the whole family, including people with dementia. What is Hamburger Soup? Hamburger soup is a simple, hearty soup made with ground meat, vegetables, and broth. We call it “hamburger” soup because it traditionally uses ground beef. It…
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Split Pea Soup: A Comforting and Healthy Choice
Do you have a loved one with dementia who needs soft or pureed food, and you are tired of making separate meals? Soups can make life easier. A hearty, one-pot soup like split pea soup is filling, nutritious, and soft enough for people who struggle with chewing or swallowing. If someone needs pureed food, it…
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Making Pureed Food for Dementia Patients at Home: A Complete Guide
Has your loved one with dementia been struggling to eat or swallow their food? Are they losing weight, avoiding meals, or coughing while eating? If so, pureed food specifically for dementia patients might help. This post is a follow-up to my recent article on dental soft diets. While soft diets help when chewing becomes harder,…
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The Complete Guide to a Soft Food Diet for Dental Pain
Why would someone need soft foods? A person having anything from recent dental work or dentures that don’t fit can mean that some foods will be harder for them to chew. People with dementia can also have difficulty chewing, because dementia can affect the part of their brain that controls chewing. If you or your…
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Pocketing food in dementia: Key signs, causes, and what caregivers need to know (2025 update)
Pocketing is the word we use when someone has food left behind in their cheek after they swallow their food. This is something you may have noticed in your loved one with dementia. Why should you care about this? Someone pocketing food is actually a swallowing problem. Over 50% of people with Alzheimer’s may develop…
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Chewing and swallowing problems in dementia
Some of the changes that you may see in your loved one with dementia can be surprising. Have you ever noticed that some foods are harder for your mom to chew? Are you worried because your granddad choked or gagged when they were eating? Have you ever wondered if you should give your mother in…
