Who the fkkk is laughing at this post?
Shame on you.



Yes for me......endless suffering will drain us.
VAD is better in such cases.

If they can sign a DNR when they still have their faculties they can sign the order for this also.

Yes. Anyone feeling they are hopelessly suffering or are a hopeless burden on society should have access.

My mother died of dementia. She died in hospice.

Now, this is a little known fact about assisted dying in the USA...but if the person who holds the power of attorney and medical power of attorney for the person in hospice signs a release, stating that they no longer want the hospice staff to take extraordinary measures to sustain the life of the patient, and once the patient has degenerated to a vegetative state...the hospice STOPS GIVING THE PATIENT WATER.

I found this to be extremely horrifying. My BROTHER had taken over power of attorney at that point, and it was HE who decided to end my mothers life. He said to me, "You don't want her to live as a vegetable, do you?" In fact, a vegetative state DOES have thought processes...just...not many in a dementia patient.

So...my mother DIED OF THIRST at my brothers request.

I do NOT think people with Dementia have enough sane thought processes left to make the decision to voluntarily end their own lives.

I support Dr Kevorkian and if they are in very early stages of dementia and still know what's going on, then yes. There is no cure for this so yes.

By definition, people with Dementia cant make that decision. Before dementia, my wife and I both said we would never go down that road. As a nurse in aged car she saw it too often and both mothers went that way. So we knew what it does to families as well. She would be horrified at what has happened to her now. But that person isnt there any more..😷

Will anyone profit off their death

100%! Slowly dying of dementia is brutal and absolutely no way to be forced to live.

No. Exactly what @Justmeraeagain said.
P.S. If they want to off themselves that is their prerogative, but I don't agree with assisted murder.

If they have dementia, they don't have the ability to make a coherent "voluntary" decision. A hard NO for me.

I think EVERYbody that has a terminal illness should be able to check out on their own terms.

People commit suicide on a not infrequent basis. Sometimes they are called accidental overdoses.

Sometimes they are messy gunshots that other people have to clean up.

We give our pets more compassion than we do fellow human beings.

I don't, I know that is controversial.
I don't like arguing about it, as everyone is going to hold on to their own position and have their own arguments for or against it.
My personal belief is that life begins and ends with God.
That takes a lot of trusting, though.
Not even saying that I have the answers or that I trust as much as I should.

I think all people should have that available. There are anonymous studies of terminally Ill people that said they'd rather end their suffering, but they were either afraid by religious reasons or felt sorry for their family and they didn't want to do that to them.

not just dementia patients, anyone should, and it's nobody else's business, who would like to intercede and block them from accomplishing this, because of their own Jesus delusions or whatever (the same lot who would typically otherwise be yelling "mind your own businesss" about literally anything else, including things that DO ACTUALLY affect other people besides the whining libertarian cosplaying as a "rugged individual")

at the same time a gun or a dive off a bridge is always going to be cheaper than this more humane option that requires some actual expertise by medical professionals

no i don't think that but.. i know some people might wish for such things.. the problem is it being abused and used on people who don't want it