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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m glad you posted this, I don’t think people realize how expensive it is. 
We really need to consider universal healthcare, and universal nursing home care. [/quote]

What is the point of keeping people with dementia who are bedridden and in diapers alive? I ask in all seriousness. Would anyone want to live like that? [/quote]

What other option is there? [/quote]

At present, none.

I realize we have major cultural barriers to any sort of death with dignity movement, but I think it's a conversation to be had. There's no reason that we can't have detailed end of life plans, like if I am at stage X of dementia and am bedridden and no longer have bowel and bladder control I authorize withdrawal of nutrition and hydration with palliative care for suffering as I die.[/quote]

Even countries that have death with dignity for dementia patients, like Switzerland, require that the death happens while the patient is still doing relatively well/can consent. My mom, who’s newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, would love to consent now to have it happen when she can no longer care for herself, but that’s not an option anywhere in the world.[/quote]

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