I don't know what to do. It could be as long as 3 or 4 weeks since she ate anything solid but she may have had a bite of toast or a spoon of pudding. She is not drinking either and is now just refusing everything. She is dehydrated and very weak.
Mum has dementia, but was doing ok in her residential home. Then she had a fall and fractured her hip 5 weeks ago. She wasn't really eating in hospital but they discharged her anyway just over 2 weeks ago. It looks like she hasn't eaten since.
What happens now? If they take her back to hospital and put her on a drip she will be rehydrated, but for what? She is so unhappy, she says she just wants to die. I don't know how to help her, or comfort her. The staff have murmured about end stages but say it is up to us. I suppose they mean intervention, or not. There is no quality of life left but I feel asif we are just leaving her to fade away and die. She is 6 years into the Alzheimer's but it robbed us of my mum a long time ago.
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My mum hasn't eaten for 16 days, possibly longer.
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DowntonTrout · 22/08/2013 19:43
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