Alzheimer’s Patients in the Crosshairs of VSED — Suicide by Self-Starvation
Originally published at The Epoch Times- Categories
- Euthanasia
- Patient Care
My mother died of Alzheimer's disease at the ripe old age of 99. With invaluable help from hospice, my wife and I cared for her in our home for the last five months of her life.
Was it difficult? Very. Does that matter? No. Mom deserved the best care available regardless of her mental incapacity.
My mother's brother also died of Alzheimer's. He received excellent care in the memory unit of a Baptist-affiliated assisted living facility for the last years of his life.
Was it difficult? Very. Does that matter? No. My uncle deserved the best care available regardless of his mental incapacity.
The compassionate support my mother and uncle received was once the expected moral standard. Unfortunately, that seems to be changing. Increasingly, dementia patients are viewed by many as better off dead sooner rather than later.
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