My neighbour is looking after her husband at home. He is 87, has heart problem, alzheimer s, kidneys are not good, has a hernia in his lower abdomen and gall bladder problems. The decision to do anything about the hernia or gall bladder problems is to take no action due age and heart factors. The big problem right now is that he has no desire to eat enough to keep up his strength. He says that he is full and doesn t want anything else to eat. It is difficult to get him to drink enough either and he is on diuertics and getting dehydrated. She has been able to get him to drink most of a Premier protein shake with 30 g of protein that has all kinds of nutrients and part of 19g protein bar. He won t drink water. He doesn t have a swallowing problem. However, I m told that high protein can have a negative impact on the kidneys. Is 30g too high? What about 19g. What can she do? He s getting too weak to get up on his own, and their doctor hasn t been helpful. Oh, and his medications are Toloxin .125 1 tab, Novo-Semide 40 mg 1 tabdepearman, Novo Metoproprol 50 mg 1/2 in AM and 1/2 in EVE, Pantoprazole 40 mg 1 tab, Novo Traziodome 50 mg 1 tab, Mylan Warfarin 1 mg 1 tab, Coversyl 2 mg 1 tab.