[topher]

Now I know why some people refer to the New York Times as the New York Slimes -- a person bragging about starving their mother to death.

[the invisib1e hand]

desensitizing-the-masses alert.

oh, and for those who aren't sure, this is really sick.

[the invisib1e hand]

If you’ve killed a few of your babies, why not your mother, too?

[brytlea]

I”m not advocating euthanasia, but wouldn’t it be kinder to at least afford them as much care as we give our pets? NO ONE would even allow this kind of treatment for an animal. What is wrong with some Americans?

[topher]

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[Retired Greyhound]

Life has little meaning for the Godless.

[RowdyFFC]

Good Gawwwddd...that is one sick-minded woman. She must’ve whined every day to put her mother in such a state of mind. Can you imagine being so unwanted by your own child that they would encourage you to do yourself in?

[Bon mots]

I’ve seen someone starve to death and it is ugly.

Lots of cancer patients go out that way when they cannot ingest food... Nor even water... It takes longer than you think.

[liberalh8ter]

I can’t even put into words how repugnant I find this. This woman is a worthless, contemptible, pile of excrement.

[kcvl]

If she wasn’t terminally ill that hospice should be investigated and so should the doctor who certified her.

This is the criteria that must be followed to be admitted to hospice:

Physician certifies a life expectancy of six months or less if the disease progression runs its ordinary course (hospice eligibility re-certification every 60 days)

Patient or legal guardian elects Hospice benefit

Patient resides in service area

Non-Cancer Diagnoses:
Alzheimer’s/Dementia
Heart Disease
Respiratory/Emphysema
Stroke
Kidney/Liver Disease
Debility

[Secret Agent Man]

Starvation deaths are very unpleasant.

Abortion gets ‘em on one end, this gets em on the other. A worldview that accepts abortion has no problem accepting killing the elderly.

[kcvl]

BTW, did Julia and her mother Estelle pay for the hospice care (for starving her) or did the taxpayers pick up the tab for this starvation?

I tried to find an email link for Julia Gross to ask her but didn’t find one!

******

PAYMENT (for hospice)

What if a patient does not have insurance?

Hospice is a non-profit agency that serves all regardless of ability to pay. Everyone is guaranteed the same high quality care.

How is hospice care paid for?

Hospice is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurances. However, we offer care to everyone in need regardless of their ability to pay.

Is hospice care expensive?

All expenses related to the terminal diagnosis are covered under hospice care.

[trisham]

Arrest her and charge her with murder.

[heartwood]

Why was her mother in a hospice if she was not terminally ill?

[topher]

Given the woman's age -- 88 -- and how she died, starvation, it is unclear about the suffering.

The brain operates on GLUCOSE [blood sugar]. Starving the brain tied with how the brain may have problems in old age, might mean that the person is in fact suffering.

You cannot find out if the person suffered unless you bring them back and have them explain their suffering.

There is the well documented story of Maximillam Kolbe.

The Nazis tried to starve him to death in Auswitz, but they finally had to poison him after the other 11 prisoners, aka Nazi victims, died.

Of course, Maximillam Kolbe had no right being alive anyway -- he had only 1/2 of one lung...

In his case, it was God's will that he remained alive.

[yldstrk]

sick

[tarotsailor]

Gross admits that there “was no pretending I hadn’t been part of her decision [to die], and had arguably even encouraged it,” but argues that she made sure that her mother, with whom she had never been particularly close, was “doing this for herself”

Old woman with a daughter who could care less about you and and the times you do get to see her she keeps encouraging you to die.

They remind me of "The Waltons."

-Good night, Elizabeth...Good night, Mary Ellen.-

-Good night, Mama. Please die tonight.-

[I still care]

That daughter seems an incredibly vile creature.

[I still care]

She says she encouraged her mother to die. It took 13 days, despite the staff saying it would take 10. Terri Schiavo took 11.

I recently had to put my cat to sleep. She had advanced disease, and I fought to keep her alive. She seemed happy, but one day, it was time to take her in. The doctor said with a peritoneal shot it would take about 20 min. We didn't get through one minute. That was because it was time for her.

Dying is a process. If you artificially force the process, it becomes a violence.

Shame on this woman. My cat got better care than her mother.

[Doc Savage]

That’s is a Class A Felony. She should receive the death penalty!

[Ann Archy]

The Nazis could only DREAM of such a thing!!

Look....my guess is that the mother and daughter were both RABID PRO-ABORTION!!!! This is the natural next act. DISGUSTING!!! Have they NO GOD in their lives?????