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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m one of the PPs from pages earlier. I appreciate what someone said about some people just wanting to be left alone to die. The problem is that it rarely happens that way. You are much more likely to have a slow decline and chronic illness and to need help (unless we are talking about assisted suicide, but even then, I question whether, when actually confronted with it, your average old person with things that can make living alone hard, would actually want AS). It is both irresponsible and unfair to your loved ones to make no plans on the theory that you will die alone in your home.

Additionally, DNRs are great provided the first responders or ER have them. Often in a crisis the person won’t think of it or for whatever reason it won’t follow meaning you will have tough decisions regardless.[/quote]

THIS. I'm a hospice volunteer and people fight it out until the bitter end. Many of you underestimate how hard the drive for survival is, even when it is obvious that all is lost.  People want to live up until the last few weeks, sometimes fighting out out the very last days.

Assisted Suicide is not a choice the majority of people want to make. when they are actually faced with death. Humans are wired to want to live.  You only think suicide is a great idea when you are not actually faced with it.[/quote]

Guess it just depends.  When my grandfather's wife of 50 years died he lost the will to live.  He stopped eating and died within 2 months of her.  He was 90 so I won't say he was spry until she died but he was doing ok.[/quote]

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