I wondered if anyone could give advice. My Dad is 71 and battling Peritoneal cancer. He has absolutely no appetite and in the last 4 months has become skin and bone. Me and my mum try to encourage him to eat but he just can't as he feels so sick. I did some Google searching today because I wondered when/if he should be admitted to hospital for malnutrition. He looks like he could just fade out at any time. He has been prescribed Ensure but he just steadfastly refuses to drink them because he doesn't like the taste. He has become so stubborn about this issue, and I actually wonder if that is a brain misfire because he is malnourished. Like maybe Anorexic people have. I guess what I'm asking is - when do we take him to A&E and ask for a feeding tube? And does anyone have any tips on how to get him to at least try this Ensure? Is it tough love time I wonder - as in, you have to help yourself now a bit? I don't want to upset him, but I feel he has given up. I don't know if he knows how serious things are now.
