As dementia progresses, a person may put things that aren’t food into their mouth, such as napkins or soap. There could be a number of reasons for this. For example, the person may no longer recognise the item or what it’s for, or they may be hungry and mistake the item for food.
Just when I think I’ve got this stage handled, I see my love holding his beads cupped in his hands like his meds and “whoosh” down they go before I can grab them. Whilst I am calculating the circumference of the beads and estimating the stretch of the pyloric sphincter, the narrowest part of the digestive tract (ps it has to be bigger than a quarter in an 18 month old Jake), I notice him chewing with great intensity. Next to the chocolate square I gave him, is a dried up kitchen sponge, with a bite out of it. I leap up and fortunately he obeys my command to SPIT and I saunter over to the trash can, my heart firmly in my throat. #cantmakethisup #whatdidwedobeforegoogle