Food temperature insensitivity?

I don't know about food temperature sensitivity, but I am finding that my husband's taste buds have definitely changed. He no longer likes some of the foods he used to like, plus his memory loss means he can't remember the names of many foods or that he even has eaten them before. He does have a real sweet tooth, which he didn’t have before!

@ret2tus -Thank you! Interesting…my husband doesn’t detect any salt in Planters Mixed Nuts…says they must have changed the formula (but to me they taste the same).

I think it's all "a thing" with dementia. My husband gets his plate and turns it around in a circle back and forth a million times. I see a difference in his taste buds too, When you put his plate down, put it in the microwave (reheat for 30 seconds or so) so it doesn't dry the food out, BUT gots it a bit hotter for whatever he's feeling, tasting, etc.

Hope this helps. I have to do this for me, and I don't have dementia.
Best, Karla

My husband also does not remember the foods that I have been serving him for the past 58 years. Unfortunately, he does remember that he doesn't like vegetables 🤪. He thinks steam coming off his food is a bad thing because it might burn his mouth. He would rather have things served lukewarm. He doesn't understand that things need to be hot to get cooked. Oh well.

@carolreid -That is very interesting! Just the opposite.

My husband does not like some foods that he used to love. He doesn't complain about the temperature. Sometimes he takes so long to eat that it gets cold but he says no when I ask him if he would like me to heat it up. I suspect that the sensory experience of tasting and sensing hot and cold in foods is part of the overall brain failure of dementia. At this stage I cannot ask him what he would like to eat because he can no longer process the question so he always says he's not hungry. I have learned to just put him in his chair in the kitchen and put whatever I have cooked in front of him. At this point in his dementia he needs visual clues. The plate with food on it is his clue that it's time to eat. I also struggle to control his blood sugar because to be most effective the insulin must be given 20 minutes before eating. If I do it then and he doesn't eat his meal he will get hypoglycemic. So I wait until I see that he is eating and will likely finish. This is not ideal but blood sugar a little high is better than blood sugar too low. I think all we can do is just try to adjust to what is on a day to day basis.

@ocdogmom I was going to write…”’wow, there’s lots on your plate” till I realized it could sound like I was making fun of the situation, which was certainly not my intent.

I need to be more understanding…and yes,..”…all we can do is just try to adjust to what is on a day to day basis.” Good advice. Thank you.