kranke155 3 days ago

Fascinating that you think someone with dementia would be suffering more from hunger then from their condition sapping away at them.

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  • troupo 3 days ago

    Neither you nor I know what the person with dementia is suffering from.

    What you call "comforting" is leaving a helpless prison in the wilderness to succumb to thirst, hunger or predators

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    • kranke155 3 days ago

      Thirst and hunger. They’re meant to die a peaceful death so pretty sure no predators involved.

      Go to a dementia facility and hang out with your those people. You will see suffering.

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      • troupo 3 days ago

        My grandmother died of dementia.

        If you think that "cannot feed themselves" is when a person is already completely gone and it's okay to "leave them under a tree to die of hunger and thirst", I've got news for you.

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        • kranke155 21 hours ago

          My mother has dementia, so maybe dementia just has different expressions and you shouldn’t generalise ?

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  • lukas099 3 days ago

    If I was starving to death, the acute sensation of hunger would override everything else in my mind.

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    • AlexeyBrin 3 days ago

      Unfortunately someone with advanced dementia does not know if she has eaten or not. Most of the time there will be no eating, unless someone else puts food in your mouth.

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      • hrimfaxi 3 days ago

        That wasn't the case with my father, who had a pretty good appetite up until his last few weeks.

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    • kranke155 3 days ago

      You ever hung out with someone in deep dementia ?

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    • jrs235 3 days ago

      But seriously, how do you know that?

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