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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope your kids don’t talk about you like many of you are talking about your parents here. Jesus you’re callous and lacking compassion. Just remember, this will be you someday.[/quote]

I have told my kids repeatedly. Absolutely do not sacrifice yourselves for me. I would never want a loved one to undergo the stress I have gone through dealing with a parent with dementia for over 8 years with no end in sight.

I intend to end my life if I have dementia. If somehow I don’t do it in time the only thing I care about is not causing my kids to suffer. I also do not want to burn through all my assets instead of leaving them money.

I really hope within 20 years people have more options to chose to die on their own terms. [/quote]

Giving the declining birth rates, the increasing numbers of people living with Alzheimer's and related dementias and the policy choices being made by the government which are stripping affordable options from people in old age and seriously declining health, the ONLY humane option at this point is for USA to pass federal Medical Aid In Dying (MAID) legislation that allows people to check out of life on their own terms, on their own timetable, in ways that are painless and as minimally traumatic for family as possible.

That MAID legislation should allow people to make choices about end of life while they are still of sound mind/body, and to allow medical professionals to provide the cocktail of exit drugs even when the person's mind has become unsound.

What say you, DCUM?[/quote].

Agree.

We could build a structure around this to limit the abuse of the system and ensure dignity of the patient. I'd be all for it.  If my mind is gone, so am I.  [/quote]

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