My partner had heart failure diagnosed by the GP two days ago. He is already in an advanced state of AD. He is sleeping deeply most of the time but yesterday was eating liquidised food and drinking a bit. He only coughed once, can still swallow and is able to cough. Overall, he's quite strong. Today when I visited the home I was told he couldn't have food or drink in case he choked and then gets pneumonia. He is so obviously thirsty. Surely it's better to die of pneumonia and not thirsty? I share power of attorney with his daughter. Does anybody know if the care home has a legal right to just withdraw fluid?