Open your mouth

Sometimes you have to remind a person with dementia how to eat. “Open your mouth”. “Close your mouth”. “Chew” “Swallow”. Sometimes you can stroke the front of the throat to remind to swallow. Then you go through the same for a drink. The person can still do it for a time. It is better than feeding too soon. Then you might rush or be too slow. The person may be a little slow but will set the pace.