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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry to be blunt, but I am not obsessed about it.  I really don't care much what happens to me if I am brain dead and can't remember anything or feel.  If I have as stroke and my brain is gone, or I get severe dementia, [b]I'd rather be euthanized[/b].  If I am mentally sharp but my body isn't working, I'd try to use my assets wisely to get minimum adequate care. I'd prefer to live at home and have a visiting (or live-in) housekeeper to cook and clean or a low wage type of caretaker.  I hope I won't need a nurse or a medical professional.  If I do.. this means I am severely disabled and my QOL is zero and I might as well get euthanized, although that would be a harder decision.. than being brain dead.

If I fail to accumulate enough or something bad happens and I lose most of what I saved from decades of hard work, then I would work on eliminating assets and being poor.  This way you get government assistance and extra medical coverage.  I will have to research which state/city pays the most and establish residency there before I become frail. [/quote]

This is illegal though in most of this country and even where it is technically legal it is very difficult to get it. Meaning as much as you may imagine this is what you want to happen in that scenario, it is very unlikely it’ll actually happen that way. So essentially it doesn’t matter that “you’d rather be euthanized” because odds are you won’t be euthanized. So you still have to have a plan for care.[/quote]

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