
Nutrition Support for Dementia Care
Overview
This guide helps caregivers manage nutrition challenges for people living with dementia, explaining how the condition affects appetite, memory, coordination, and swallowing across disease stages. It provides practical strategies for behavioral issues like food refusal, coordination problems, and memory difficulties, suggests finger foods and food fortification techniques, includes monitoring tools for weight loss and poor intake, and offers resources for when professional dietitian consultation is needed.
This article was published by Tan Tock Seng Hospital and updated in 2026.

