Dementia Interventions Is There A Way To Predict How Close To Death A Geriatric Patient W/aspiration Pneumonia & Tachycardia May Be?

Is there a way to predict how close to death a geriatric patient w/aspiration pneumonia & tachycardia may be? - dementia interventions

My father, 75, was in a nursing home a year after a stroke and dementia. Has improved for a time to eat and also appreciated, but is now back on a feeding tube, catheter, and was in hospital for pneumonia and blood poisoning of unknown origin. The infection resolved, and was good enough to be discharged in the hospital to go home. But now it seems that the aspirations of many of their food, unable to swallow or cough well, and we just try blankly to contact him. We can not say if it hurts or not. He sleeps a lot. It's difficult. Unfortunately, my brothers and I live in another city, is the mother alone with him regularly. Today I looked, and had a slight fever. The breathing was very difficult. The adviser said that her pulse was 120, which seems to be very high. The doctor spoke with us about other policies not only comfort care for the poor quality of life, we agree, but how long can such a thing before?