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[quote=Anonymous]I think you have some romanticized view of death. Having been at the aging parents thing for far too long with far too much burnout I don't really see a benefit to having a child come rescue you every time you have a bad  fall and come nurse you after every stroke. I'd rather just die on the floor after the first fall than put my kids through the years of hell I have been through. And then what. Your life has been extended for years, maybe a decade and you get the joy of losing your ability to use the bathroom yourself and you are choking on your food and you can't even die in peace at the hospital because you didn't think to have a detailed enough legal statement about how you want to die. You still suffer greatly, probably far more than if you just died in peace after the first emergency. So what if you are alone. Do you think you will remember it?

If you think it isn't common for adult children to screw eachother and parents over with eldercare and managing money then you are clueless.

Look if you get cancer and die within 4 months, than sure it's great to have family to say your goodbyes and feel loved and to have meaningful visits. If you are meant to linger for decades falling apart and having many emergencies, you might be better off without family to prolong the suffering because they feel guilty if they don't.[/quote]

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