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You mentioned your Mother wanting liquified food (moist)....... If she is being given a regular diet......could she possibly be handling mechanically soft food better? This is could be a regular diet but the foods are ground, mashed, pureed or whatever so that she would not have to chew so much. My Mother was put on a "mechanically soft" foods when she entered the nursing home a year ago (she eats almost nothing now, but her meals served in the dining room (or on a tray in her room if she is not able to be out of bed) are attractively presented, but the food does not require much chewing in order to swallow....... In the US this is "routine" food preparation for nursing homes/hospitals I believe.....possibly a different term used in Canada........but the food does not need to be cut with a knife, so if the patient can use a fork, spoon or fingers (as in pieces of fruit or veggies) she/he can eat and swallow the meal. Think of it as what we do for our toddlers when they are learning to feed themselves. Rita