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I went thru a similar soft food only diet with my father in a rehab/LT care facility. It made me livid. He dropped alot of weight. I was told he couldn't form his food properly to swallow. They had him drugged out of his mind on risperdal. I guess it's to save their butts with law suits if anything happens to a patient. I live close to that rehab center so was able to go there daily after work. I started buying take out on the way over and he started eating again. They insisted even when I was bringing real food to cont. with that soft food nonsense. He's now home and eating normally. Good appetite.

Is there an issue after the stroke with her swallowing? It sounds like you need someone there to evaluate the situation and if your mom is capable of swallowing to make sure she gets regular food that they serve or have a service set up to deliver food to her there. Food and nutrition are important.
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This happened to my mom too. She didn't want to eat. She was in a nursing home and they tried to give her foods that were tasty and high in calories but she refused. She lost a lot of weight too. But under the law they could not force her to eat. You might try a feeding tube. The loss of weight worried me. Her blood work was not perfect either. Have you checked that out? So the weight loss, her developing pneumonia soon afterwards lead to her passing.
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That seems like a lot in a very short time period. We were amazed my mom, 86. had dropped to 10 pounds to 100 pounds in two months, down from 130 a year ago, and she is 5 feet. She was refusing meals for six weeks after breaking her ankle and only occasionally agreeing to Ensure or Instant Breakfast. She is in a residential care home and has been recently put on hospice for closer medical attention than every six weeks doctor appointments. I will say my mom has always quit eating, even for a minor cold, and whenever she doesn't feel well, like from the broken ankle, her appetite is completely gone. 10 years ago she was in the hospital for almost a month for just a flu that progressed to all kinds of complications, ending with her release guaranteed the next day if she would just eat for one day and said she just couldn't do it because it didn't taste good. Also sounds like it could definitely be depression related to your father's passing. I know I can't eat when I'm depressed. So many factors along with her stroke.
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