My dad has dementia and will frequently say he wants to die, better off dead. ...And then the next morning he will pester for his daily medication as if taking the pill 15 minutes later one day will be the end of him.
The reality is, talk is cheap and it's easy peasy to say you want to die, and significantly harder to actually commit to your own death, even passively in the sense of refusing treatment.
So no, despite my dad saying he wants to die, he clearly fucking doesn't. Not yet, anyway.
Without intimate details of this woman's state when she was killed, it's difficult for me to say whether this was in accordance with her wishes or not. She understood the question 'do you want to die?', but did she understand the context? Did she know anything else about her situation? Did she understand where she was? Who she was? Did she remember ever making the earlier statement that she wished to be euthanized when the time was right?
Obviously, someone who says they don't want the care home and would prefer death should have the ability to change their mind, but there comes a point where the decision made by that person when their brain was less degraded may have to take primacy over the decisions that brain makes now.
'She resisted', unfortunately, doesn't mean much. My dad physically resists getting dressed in the morning while complaining that he's cold. He physically resists getting the car whilst insisting he come out with me. Why? Because any change in situation - even one he is verbally demanding WHILE HE RESISTS - confuses him. He will say one thing while doing another, the verbal half of his brain completely unaware of what his body is doing.
If you've never dealt with dementia patients, this woman's killing sounds like straight up murder for the family's convenience, and maybe it is, but these articles don't contain enough details.
The big problem, I suspect, is that almost every detail that could have been available to the court will probably be one provided by someone who arguably had an interest in getting rid of her.
I don't oppose euthanasia, and if I end up like my dad, I'll likely sign up for it myself, but it's rather obvious to me that the system is lacking in advocacy for the patient's life.
This is a brilliant response, and I can relate, having to care for a mother in pretty much the same condition as your father.
Worse, I have a brother who seems to believe that she acts the way she does out of laziness, that somehow she could act normal if she just tried harder. This results in unending resentment from both of them and an overall hostile situation I frequently find myself in the middle of. It gets tiresome being the referee, and I find myself often sympathizing with my brother simply because so much of her behavior is extremely aggravating. She also periodically gets on the "I want to die" kick but is at the same time terrified of death and so egotistical she actually weeps at the prospect of her own death. She mourns for herself, if that makes any sense.
I rather wish we were Canadians or had a Sarcopod in the garage . . . but Canada's going overboard with their sinister policy . . . which is beginning to look like some sort of state-managed eugenics program.
My dad has dementia and will frequently say he wants to die, better off dead. ...And then the next morning he will pester for his daily medication as if taking the pill 15 minutes later one day will be the end of him.
The reality is, talk is cheap and it's easy peasy to say you want to die, and significantly harder to actually commit to your own death, even passively in the sense of refusing treatment.
So no, despite my dad saying he wants to die, he clearly fucking doesn't. Not yet, anyway.
Without intimate details of this woman's state when she was killed, it's difficult for me to say whether this was in accordance with her wishes or not. She understood the question 'do you want to die?', but did she understand the context? Did she know anything else about her situation? Did she understand where she was? Who she was? Did she remember ever making the earlier statement that she wished to be euthanized when the time was right?
Obviously, someone who says they don't want the care home and would prefer death should have the ability to change their mind, but there comes a point where the decision made by that person when their brain was less degraded may have to take primacy over the decisions that brain makes now.
'She resisted', unfortunately, doesn't mean much. My dad physically resists getting dressed in the morning while complaining that he's cold. He physically resists getting the car whilst insisting he come out with me. Why? Because any change in situation - even one he is verbally demanding WHILE HE RESISTS - confuses him. He will say one thing while doing another, the verbal half of his brain completely unaware of what his body is doing.
If you've never dealt with dementia patients, this woman's killing sounds like straight up murder for the family's convenience, and maybe it is, but these articles don't contain enough details.
The big problem, I suspect, is that almost every detail that could have been available to the court will probably be one provided by someone who arguably had an interest in getting rid of her.
I don't oppose euthanasia, and if I end up like my dad, I'll likely sign up for it myself, but it's rather obvious to me that the system is lacking in advocacy for the patient's life.
This is a brilliant response, and I can relate, having to care for a mother in pretty much the same condition as your father.
Worse, I have a brother who seems to believe that she acts the way she does out of laziness, that somehow she could act normal if she just tried harder. This results in unending resentment from both of them and an overall hostile situation I frequently find myself in the middle of. It gets tiresome being the referee, and I find myself often sympathizing with my brother simply because so much of her behavior is extremely aggravating. She also periodically gets on the "I want to die" kick but is at the same time terrified of death and so egotistical she actually weeps at the prospect of her own death. She mourns for herself, if that makes any sense.
I rather wish we were Canadians or had a Sarcopod in the garage . . . but Canada's going overboard with their sinister policy . . . which is beginning to look like some sort of state-managed eugenics program.