My elderly mom with dementia got a UTI, heart attack and kidney failure. What is going to happen to her?

What has her care providers told you? When you say not responding, do you mean she is in a coma or she is not responding to treatment but is alert?

In your January question Mom is 97. Her body maybe shutting down. Your Mom has a lot going on medically. The UTI can be dealt with. The heart and kidneys not so much at Moms age. Our bodies are really not meant to go this long.

You need to have a doctor be honest with you. Should you bring Hospice in. Hospice means that any life extending medications will be stopped. Her diabetes meds will continue. Morphine will be given for pain and to help ease breathing. Hospice is for transitioning from life to death comfortably. No extreme measures will be used to keep Mom alive. When the body starts shutting down, not being able to swallow is the first thing. Then the digestive system shuts down. So giving food and water causes problems because the body can no longer digest.

Yes, I hope posters whose loved ones have had similar issues to your mother will chime in.

You mentioned she stopped eating. Is she receiving any IV or on tube feeding?

I was just curious if anyone had the same experience. It is interesting to know if somebody else had a similar situation.

That doctor that is treating her in the hospital is the one that knows best. No one here would know. We could only guess.

I am sorry you're facing this.