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Any suggestions for loss of appetite and depression? I'm not quite sure what to do, so hoping someone might have some insight, thanks in advance for any suggestions :) Sorry for the long post, this kinda turned into a vent. My 83 year old mother had a fall and suffered a closed sacral fracture (pelvic fracture). While she was in hospital they also gave her a vascular dementia diagnosis and we've noticed a rapid decline in her cognitive function and memory. After 6 weeks of not bearing weight she was cleared to start physio to remobilise to the extent it is possible and she was very excited and happy about it as she absolutely hates being bed bound and having to use diapers. After she was cleared to bear weight she really wanted to try and walk so the carer very gently helped her get up and take about 3 or 4 steps, I think this made her realise she can't simply walk around on her own as her muscles have atrophied and it seems like she has just "given up" now and has lost interest in everything, including the physio which she was excited about. In the last week she has rapidly lost weight and is VERY thin and eats very little compared to previously and complains of being tired. We got a doctor to come round and check for obvious things like her blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, listen to her lungs, heart, etc - all fine. She is not in any pain or discomfort. (Side note - the doctor was really drunk - I know, it's crazy, but that's a whole 'nother story, we're having the worst luck with medical care, but I figured you can't really screw up a blood oxygen check and we don't have another doctor who is willing to come to the house right now). She is also very depressed and just wants to die - she tells us this all the time and has even asked us for a gun. I completely understand, I'd probably feel the same in her circumstance (personally I think we should all have the right to die). We just don't know what to do - are we supposed to just watch her slowly starve to