The case they describe in the story is just flat out murder - assisted by her family, ironically enough.
I was thinking maybe it was elderly women without anyone to look after them that they were preying on.
In nature the ill and infirm don’t last too long. Native Americans understood the needs of the many and left the aged encamped st the mercy of a natural ending, which often ended violently.
To be honest, I don’t want a lingering death, nor be left to sit in a facility without a cognizant mind.
There’s a lot to be said for a quick and mostly painless death. Anything less is suffering.