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The Conversation You’re Not Allowed To Have This Week

Mamamia Out Loud

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The Importance of Wishing for End of Life

I can't understand how we can as we get more sophisticated with our ideas of how end of life should work, why we can't work out a way that you can state these wishes. I believe in euthanasia, I really do, but I understand that why with dementia patients, it's more complicated. And it's not just as simple as when you are in your right mind saying, hey, when I'm at that stage, because a lot can happen between me writing that now and then. For the children of people with dementia Alzheimer's, they almost have this responsibility that they are not empowered to act upon - which is mum always said or dad always said.

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