Nutrition Challenges of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Qualitative Study from the Perspective of Caretakers in a Mental National Referral Hospital.

Caretakers experience challenges ranging from psychotic manifestations of a patient to hindrances in the provision of nutritional care. A better understanding of their experience is essential for the development of interventions to help the family members, health workers and other care takers promote good nutrition in patients with Alzheimer's dementia. A clear referral system should be established to prevent overcrowding of patients at a mental national referral hospital to ensure adequate timely nutritional support to those admitted. Capacity building programs should continue to address the knowledge gap in nutritional requirements of patients with Alzheimer's dementia.