My grandfather who died “of dementia” actually died of dehydration/possibly a dignity dose of morphine. He stopped eating because he maybe didn’t realize he was hungry anymore? He was not drinking either. Just slowly shut down and then with a last dose of comfort, he went. I read that dehydration can be more violent of a death which is why I sort of lean more toward a kind nurse taking that initiative, but I would never say for sure because that’s illegal where I am. But either way, it *would* have been dehydration.
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