Sorry for your losses! My exposure to these issues is rather more mixed. One of my grandmothers suffered from dementia. During the early stages, she was aware

Sorry for your losses! My exposure to these issues is rather more mixed. One of my grandmothers suffered from dementia. During the early stages, she was aware and suffered quite badly. But oddly enough, once the dementia was full blown, she lived several more years happier than she'd ever been, because the worries and restraints which had bothered her all her life were gone. Another relative died in the earlier stages of dementia, and his last two years were fairly miserable. And now there is a relative who is also in the earlier stages, and who is determined to avail themselves of assisted suicide rather than live with dementia. Speaking with their doctor, we learned how exactly the procedure works — in our country, it just requires a doctor's note, but the doctor will NOT issue that note if the patient already HAS full blown dementia (for obvious reasons). So you would have to request euthanasia relatively early in the process. My relative is convinced that they are just fine, and that it's really hackers and conspiracies out to get them. Should I press the issue and insist that they are in the earlier stages of dementia and should get euthanized before it's too late for that option? I've chosen not to that — if they make that decision, I will support it, but I will not attempt to influence them one way or the other beforehand.