@ocdogmom As Traci said, loss of interest in food is normal as a person's body begins to shut down. Offering food is helpful to an extent, but eventually your loved one will just refuse to eat. It may be helpful to treat your husband's depression if his doctors think it may help.

In the meantime, there are a few things you can try. When my Grandma was in latter stages of Parkinson Disease with dementia, we had the best luck offering "bites" of food frequently - a plate of food, even in small quantities, seemed to overwhelm her.

A few years ago, while under long-term antibiotic treatment, I similarly lost my appetite and was losing a lot of weight. I found normal servings of food revolting, and many formerly favorite things did not taste right. So I ate a "few bites" every hour or so all day long, whatever was palatable enough at the moment.

What makes this especially difficult is that, for many of us, feeding our families is an act of love, and having them refuse to eat it feels like a rejection of ourselves. Please don't take it personally.
Hugs.

@ocdogmom Hi. My husband, who's midstage in his Alzheimers, has developed a huge sweet tooth, and would eat ice cream six times a day if I let him. But he has very little appetite for healthier food. So now we use ice cream as a reward for eating his meals. He'll say he's no longer hungry, and I'll reply that if he wants ice cream he has to eat more, say, chicken. It always works. Hiding the ice cream containers, though, is a major challenge!!