Did my friend starve to death

My friend has vascular dementia and her weight hovers around 7 stone. She can look very ill at times. In thinking that this may be a characteristic of the illness. It's sad about your friend but maybe there wasn't anything anyone could realistically do.

My mam dementia and she stopped eating. She was eventually in a home and they persuaded her to eat.

How did you feel about this Harris?

It is terribly upsetting to see somebody slowly shrinking to a skeletal state. Of course, our first instinct is to feed them up and build up their strength. Still, trying to eat when you're really not hungry is awful too.

Ex-Dancer The answer is probably 'yes'. Not because the doctors were neglectful or didn't respond properly, but because your friend's whole system was slowing down and gradually turning off.
First her digestive processes that meant that eating became almost impossible. That killed off the desire to eat, so she never thought about it. In these conditions medical intervention can do nothing. All those around the person can do is keep them warm and comfortable and await the inevitable.

My dad also died from multi infarct dementia known as vascular he also wasn’t hungry and was refusing food and drink it was horrific time, I was at his bedside continuously for last two days, he was a skeleton of his former self, absolutely heartbreaking to see, it was a relief when he passed with just me cuddling him