22 Jully 2004

Hello everyone

I'm am trying to find a food thickener
for my Dad, who has Alzheimers and he has
trouble swallowing thin liquids

"Thick-It" works well as far as the
swallowing goes, but the corn starch
makes him "go bizerk!"  I guess the
starch has an "amping" effect on
his metabolism . . .

I wonder if there is a thickener
that works which is starch-free
(maybe a gelatin-based thickener . . .)

Any help would help a lot,
and best wishes to you all

Regards

Brian ("Brent")

P.S.  would a speech theorpist know
more about our options