As previously posted Dad has been choking on food for a while was given antibiotics and rallied a little then last weekend the ch called me as he was choking a lot and wasn't taking any fluid. Although we had made the decision to keep him at the ch the week before the district nurse encouraged me to send him to hospital. I live four hours away so felt I had to do as advised. Dad was given antibiotic and fluid but the doctors told us there was no benefit and he should go back to the CH for end of life care. We were happy with that as wanted him in familiar surroundings. He has a syringe driver in for secretions and does not seems to be in pain but.... He returned Thurs and has only had mouth care and still seems to be going strong. He seems desperate to have food or liquid as bites at the stick and last night said please when wanting to bite which broke my heart. We decided to dab squash on his mouth with sponges from the hospital which he said was smashing. My question is should they be going back to giving him thickened fluid or food. I know he may have problems choking again so I just don't know what is the right thing. We only have district nurses coming out no palliative care team and I don't know who to ask to help decide what's best.