What to do? Dad refusing food, rapid deterioration. Feeling lost

Hi andyP. I feel for you, its so hard to watch. My father in law was deemed to have taken his own life by refusing to eat and it was horribke. When my husband stopped eating, it scared me, but he did try, i think it was just his body saying no more. He died 6 weeks after more or less stopping food, except an occasional biscuit or a glass of milk. As they werent monitoring him at that time, we will never know how much the cancer had spread.

Talk to his care team if you can to see if they think he is at the end of life now. They may recommend some foods or drinks he will try. Otherwise just be with him and anyone else that may want to see hime. Talk about anything and nothing, watch rubbish tv together, if he can travel, get hime out. If you can, talk about plans, admin etc that might help you.

Hugs at this really tough time.