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This appears to be the same for the Netherlands which is around 5%. Although like Canada, the Netherlands is seeing an increase in a yearly basis. It isn’t cle

This appears to be the same for the Netherlands which is around 5%. Although like Canada, the Netherlands is seeing an increase in a yearly basis. It isn’t clear when this plateaus. I am not an expert in end of life care but I think it is messy for a lot of people (eg dementia) so it may become quite a high number eventually.

TeeMassive 3y ago
They're expanding it to more and more, notably drug addicts. This will keep increasing. The government has a strong incentive to do this.
- bhouston 3y ago
  End of life care is incredibly expensive. With an aging population this because a major issue. It makes sense.
  - TeeMassive 3y ago
    At least you're being honest.
klyrs 3y ago
I've known 3 people of my grandparents' generation to survive over a decade after their dementia had progressed to the point that they couldn't recognize their children, their spouse, etc., and life was a confusing, terrifying existence without being medicated into further oblivion. They were all highly religious and would not have considered MAID when they were lucid enough to do so. Folks of my parents' generation have seen enough similar cases, they don't want to put their children through that. So yes, I do believe the rate of MAID will continue to grow as the Silent Generation dies out and Boomers enter their twilight years.
- hotpotamus 3y ago
  > life was a confusing, terrifying existence without being medicated into further oblivion I thought that was just life already. I feel like most people don't pay enough attention.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    It gets worse: you could be imprisoned in a care facility, with no recollection of how you got there, no recollection of anything really, occasionally punctuated by visits from doctors and attendants you've never met, getting in your space, putting their hands on you... but hey, the pudding is a universal fave.
    - hotpotamus 3y ago
      I assume when my time comes, I'll just be thrown into the street. I already see plenty of mentally incapacitated people living there. I guess I'd take your alternative.

TeeMassive 3y ago

They're expanding it to more and more, notably drug addicts. This will keep increasing. The government has a strong incentive to do this.

bhouston 3y ago
End of life care is incredibly expensive. With an aging population this because a major issue. It makes sense.
- TeeMassive 3y ago
  At least you're being honest.

klyrs 3y ago

I've known 3 people of my grandparents' generation to survive over a decade after their dementia had progressed to the point that they couldn't recognize their children, their spouse, etc., and life was a confusing, terrifying existence without being medicated into further oblivion. They were all highly religious and would not have considered MAID when they were lucid enough to do so. Folks of my parents' generation have seen enough similar cases, they don't want to put their children through that. So yes, I do believe the rate of MAID will continue to grow as the Silent Generation dies out and Boomers enter their twilight years.

hotpotamus 3y ago
> life was a confusing, terrifying existence without being medicated into further oblivion I thought that was just life already. I feel like most people don't pay enough attention.
- klyrs 3y ago
  It gets worse: you could be imprisoned in a care facility, with no recollection of how you got there, no recollection of anything really, occasionally punctuated by visits from doctors and attendants you've never met, getting in your space, putting their hands on you... but hey, the pudding is a universal fave.
  - hotpotamus 3y ago
    I assume when my time comes, I'll just be thrown into the street. I already see plenty of mentally incapacitated people living there. I guess I'd take your alternative.