Mum has lived with us, myself and 4 children for nearly 3 years after being unable to care for herself due to dementia, she has untill recently been quite active and had a good apetite, about 8 weeks ago she went into respite care for 2 weeks and had a fall there, she wa admitted to hospital and spent 2 weeks then 1 week in rehab before coming home, once home it was obvious to me that she had deteriorated very quickly whilst in hospital, she was now incontinent and anable to walk more than a few feet even with a frame, after 2 days at home i was concerned as she wasnt eating or drinking, the Dr came out and said she was fine, she continued to deteriorate each day and I requested a GP visit each day which was refused, on the Friday the carer from the agency wsa so concerned that she rang the out of hours dr service, they came out and admitted mum to hospital, she was dehydrated (as i had been telling them for 3 days) and had periphally shut down, anyway she has been in hospital for nearly 3 weeks now, I didnt visit for the first 10 + days as i just couldnt bring myself to, but have been visiting every day since, she is very poorly and wont drink or eat, although she takes a little yogurt from me, she is obviously very weak and has been given a drip at night due to low fluid intake, Today the hospital informed me that they have decided not to give her any more fluid via a drip as this is not helping her, or any other treatment, and that she will continue to deteriorate, they have said she may live for few days, weeks or even months depending on how she eats and drinks, I have decided that she will come home tomorrow as she wishes to be at home, I will get help from a care agency 3 times a day but otherwise care for her myself witha b it of help from friends and family, I was wondering if anyone else has experience of this and particularly how to support my children through this, It is mums wish to be at home, when i told her she could come home tomorrow she smiled and seemed so peacefull so i know i am doing the right thing for her, but i am worried about caring for her