I have been caring for an elderly step-parent for over a year (90 yrs old-severe dementia).
He has ALL of the risk factors except the 'bedridden' one.
He has presented all of the other risk factors for someone with six months or less to live for OVER three years.
His continance is sporadic, he has lost weight-eating most of his breakfast/lunch combo but almost none of his supper-maybe a small bowl of jello, but always his beloved ice cream bar before bed.
He is nuts...sometimes telling me to get the hell out (especially the daily battle over putting 'depends' on) and thanking me generously for putting on his socks and shoes.
He had shunt surgery last year...to help with balance issues (he was falling a lot, relieving the water buildup (actually spinal fluid) between the top of his brain and his skull with the shunt has helped him...but he still needs a walker as he is an accident waiting to happen most days.
He LOVES his chair, his view of a stream, the ducks, the trees, his newspaper...that he gets to read all day long because as soon as he reads a headline he forgets it...so it is always new!
Whatever.
I guess if he were to be put in a hospice, he would be killed? Or is the fact that he is not bedridden (tho he sleeps around 14-15 hours a night, give or take) his saving grace.
HOW I WISH I COULD GO TO THIS END-OF-LIFE forum................I WOULD BE RAISING HELL. Believe it.
Yes.
Or is the fact that he is not bedridden (tho he sleeps around 14-15 hours a night, give or take) his saving grace.
If he were in hospice, they'd see to it that he was bedridden. Problem solved.
That whole website turned my stomach. 8mm pointed out their "alliance with troops in Iraq." Actually, they have a student who is serving in Iraq, and they are using him to advance the appearance that they support the troops. That's like clown posse claiming to support the troops because one of their clowns claims to be in the military. Even if he is, I don't think anyone would make the mistake of believing that clowns are anything other than what they are. Other than the clowns themselves. They don't seem to recognize the fact that they are the clowns everyone laughs at, but I digress. The point is, advocates of forced euthanasia support healthy young people, until they become "a liability." They do not support our troops.
I hope there will be some freepers at that seminar. I'd love to get an after action report. If somebody could get audio and/or video, maybe I can find a way to post it online.
"HOW I WISH I COULD GO TO THIS END-OF-LIFE forum................I WOULD BE RAISING HELL. Believe it."
I believe it and so wish you and people just like you could be there. Dr Cranford, the ghoul that was considered the tie breaker doctor in Terri's case has publicly stated those with dementia should have NO rights. Hannity got him to admit this fact and other hedious facts, thanks to the great information that Freepers sent to him before his show aired with Dr Cranford. Most people have no idea of the how much power and control these death ghouls have in our country.
God Bless you for the loving care you've given to your step-parent.