I lost my mother this past January. She was in an assisted living facility in SC. It was a tragic time for our family. She had end stages of liver disease. Because of the disease it affected her mentally which was stages of Dementia that stemmed from her illness. Her illness was from many years of very poor eating. During the last two weeks of her life, her Dementia progressed. She lost the appetite to eat, but prior to that she found food to be unappealing. Her refusal was a two week journey and ultimate coma. When you have end stages of the disease and Hospice services are present, they do not force feed the patient. This was a tragic season for her and our family. These are tough decisions families make all the time for their aging parents.