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[quote=Anonymous]I have watched my grandmother and now my grandmother decline with dementia. In my grandmother's case, her body just kept on going until 99. She couldn't speak anymore, needed to be cued to eat, and because of a hip injury earlier in her dementia journey (she failed to do the rehab), was confined to a wheelchair. I see my mother now, still aware, but unable to do almost any task independently now. It will not work to take her to Switzerland, because she is no longer competent, and her body is functioning quite fine (years of ballet classes have contributed to incredible balance and good strength) with zero medication. Because I do not want this, I feel that I would end my life before I got to this stage. Unfortunately, with dementia, you are either too early or too late. To be competent enough to carry out your demise, it will probably feel too early. If you wait until your quality of life significantly declines, you will be too late to carry out the task, and it is unreasonable, unethical and illegal to ask anyone else to do it. Therefore, I am bracing myself for the too early side of things. Fortunately, both mother and grandmother have known that their mental capacity was declining, so if I take after them, I will know I have started my decline. I have researched the how, and hope that I still have a few good decades left.[/quote]

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