[Route66]

I’m sure she could have already ended her life, too. Very often, the elderly and the sick are given the impression they just need to go and they feel they should help their loved ones out by doing it. Maybe she just wants to be assured that she is still loved and appreciated despite her age and infirmities.

Instead of telling his mother he loved her and he did not want her to die, her son told her to move to Oregon or the Netherlands so she could get someone to help her do it. I would never say that to someone I loved. I think I know what this woman is lacking and what she is really asking for.

[MEGoody]

I would never say that to someone I loved.

I agree completely. Instead of trying to encourage her to kill herself, her family should be doing what they can to make her life worth living. But that's too much trouble for those involved in the 'me first' culture.