My mother is going a long time between meals, saying she has no appetite (despite having been put on an appetite stimulant). She sleeps until noon, thereby skipping breakfast, has a light lunch and then says she's not hungry for dinner. She is diabetic so that is a concern as well. She is so frail, I worry. You can't force food down someone so what can one do when they say they aren't hungry? I dangled dessert last time and said if you eat at least half of your meal then you can have some dessert. That seemed to work well. Trouble is, she eats mostly empty carb calories (bread, mashed potatoes, corn) and then pushes away the protein. Suggestions?
Or you may need to try googling online for the answer, too.
It's tough when they're diabetic. Because all the usual answers - Ensure milk - goes out the window. Have you tried making smoothies for your mom? You can include some protein powder in it (Whey). Or maybe mix the protein powder into your mom's mashed potatoes.
My LO was just put on an antidepressant. I'm hoping that if her depression is helped, her appetite will pick up. If not, then it's likely a part of the disease. And I don't think there is much you can do about it. Perhaps some other here can help with that.
When my LO starting sleeping more, eating less, etc. I looked at the stages of dementia/Alzheimers and saw that it's likely my LO is progressing further. That is a possibility. I'm also looking at palliative care. I hope you can get some ideas on this board.