When someone is on a ventilator and has no hope of recovery and the vent is removed, it allows them to pass.
When someone has difficulty swallowing and therefore receives food and water through a feeding tube, taking away that food and water doesn't "allow them to pass." It kills them. The cause of death is not the disease process but dehydration. And it's a very bad way to die.
Casey is also suffering from dementia and has sepsis from infected bed sores. He is old and dying and unable to take sustenance on his own. Let him pass from this life in peace.
“When someone has difficulty swallowing and therefore receives food and water through a feeding tube, taking away that food and water doesn’t “allow them to pass.” It kills them. The cause of death is not the disease process but dehydration. And it’s a very bad way to die”
You should have read the whole article.