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There is a kind of middle ground in such a case. Give the person every comfort he/she needs but deny him/her invasive intensive care, essentially no visits to t
by okket 8y ago
There is a kind of middle ground in such a case. Give the person every comfort he/she needs but deny him/her invasive intensive care, essentially no visits to the hospital (but of course basic medical care inside the care facility).
For two reasons: First they said they didn't want this life and second, hospitals are ill equipped to deal with elderly with dementia. Usually it is a horror trip for those individuals and they come back in a much worse condition than when they were admitted.
- Freak_NL 8y agoWhat if the comfort they need is not living a life with dementia and not wishing to burden their loved ones with that status quo? With dementia some people revert into a blissful state of ignorance, while for others every day is a new day awakened into a nightmarish state of constant agitation, anger, confusion, and loss. Often this is a state that no amount of therapy or care can address. Couple that with a strong body, and you can be kept 'comfortably' alive for a decade or more. Hardly a humane solution to not wishing to allow people to choose their own death. It also means that in countries with that view codified in law, anyone wishing to avoid that level of personal hell will have to commit suicide long before the need is there — depriving themselves and loved ones of an unknown length of time spent as they please.