This is such a heartbreaking & uplifting thread.Bless all the care givers going thru this.My Mom was in a nursing home due to a fall & was ok until a few wks before she died.She became more quiet & seldom talked,wasn't hungry.Dr said it was just a closing down,due to age.
She would always smile at me & DH,so the last 2 wks,we stayed with her all the time,one of us going home for shower & sleep, then back to relieve the other.We talked to her as we'd always done & she'd smile,then fall asleep.Mom just slept away & didn't take another breath.
It's been 2 yrs & we miss her,but at 90....life wasn't going to get better & I can't wish her back.