Do any Freepers truly hope or wish that their lives end before they succumb to dementia? And if there was a way,consistent with each person's conscience, to at list tip the scales to ensure that it happens, would anyone take that way?
As an example: to take up base jumping, where each jumper packs their own chute, and where there is no time for a reserve chute to open - if done on a regular basis, a deterioration of memory would catch up very quickly.
Again, just curious.
Very good question, especially for those of us who care for Dearly Demented Ones. I'll get back to ya in (hopefully) 20 years or so..unless I forget!
I was shocked when so many of the men on the President’s Bioethics Council said that they did not want to be a burden to their families.
However, my mother’s long illness and dependency taught me that I am a better person than I thought. I have more reserves than I ever thought. And it was confirmed that my Daddy is a very good man for taking care of her demands as well as needs 24 hours a day for those last few months.
In a way, we owe it to our family to let them take care of us. It’s a lesson we can teach.
(Besides, isn’t employment for the caretakers important to Warnock?)
For years I saw no reason to quit smoking since there is Alzheimer's on both sides of my family. I've seen cancer and Alzheimer's both, up close and personal, and I assure you that cancer is BETTER. I don't know if you'd count that?
I did quit smoking last year, when my husband developed cardiac problems. He hasn't quit yet himself, but I read that spouses of non-smokers tend to become non-smokers as well within a few years, so there's hope.