Mum seems a bit brighter today. She has had cake and crisps and some biscuits. She hasn't eaten properly for months. When she was in the home they just left her to it - one of the staff in the kitchen used to try to encourage her to eat but it didn't have much effect and towards the end of her stay there she was losing an awful lot of weight. We have found a really good milk drink called Nurishment which she likes and which is full of vitamins and protein. It's a good substitute for a balanced meal and she has stopped losing weight. She does eat a little sometimes apart from sweet things. She will eat yoghurts and bananas and sometimes fish and chips and some chicken and also sausages but nothing else much.
I put a nice Christmas village light in her room which plays Christmas songs. She really likes it. She started rambling a little bit talking about a small table which was in her home in Ireland which she had noticed in the corner and I should put the Christmas light on it. It isn't there of course. We managed to change the bed which is a bit of a performance. We have to wait until she goes into the bathroom and then whip all the clothes off the bed. I also managed to give her a bit of a wash yesterday which is another performance as she has taken a real dislike to soap and water. I have to run at her with a flannel full of soap and water to get her to have anything resembling a wash. She does go along with it once I've started but it's a struggle. I bought some bed bath cloths from Ebay and tried to wash her in bed with them. She objected they were cold and she could have a wash at the sink.
She's still complaining she's not feeling well and is feeling dizzy - she also knows that she forgets things which upsets her. She is a lot better today though - at the moment anyway.
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