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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry you are going through this.  Do you mean it is clear that your aunt will not eat or drink on her own again?[/quote]

Yes she has failed a swallow test and is not permitted liquids or food.[/quote]

Let me get this straight:  she failed a swallow test, so to prevent aspiration they want her to consume nothing by mouth, but it’s OK to starve/dehydrate her to death as long as they pump her full of narcotics.

That’s not “death with dignity.”  It’s active killing.

And the idea that a person near the end of life should not get treatment for an infection (which has a palliative effect in addition to being potentially curative) borders on sadistic.

Hospice used to be a good idea when it was in the nature of a social movement. Now it’s a business and a pretty macabre one at that. [/quote]

Op please please do not listen to this person who clearly does not have medical knowledge of this or how hospice works. It is very normal for people not to eat and drink at the end of life, their body is shutting down and often does not need/want/feel hunger and thirst the way we do. [/quote]

The relevant post indicated that hydration/nutrition were to be actively denied, not merely skipped by the patient due to lack of interest.[/quote]

Artificial administration of food and water is a specific item in an advanced directive. It is very much something that should indicate in advance that you have no interest in.[/quote]

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