I am a retired Hospice and ICU RN and have a 97 yr. old mother with end-stage Alz. in a nursing home. She has been declining for months - recent 12 lb. weight loss, almost incoherent, etc. 2 1/2 wks. ago she developed pneumonia and since then has been rousable but basically somnolent, taking in just sips of water, a few spoonfuls of yogurt. The pne... more