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after watching my mother in law lose the ability to do the even smallest things for herself from dementia....i think this should definitely be an option. she couldn't dress herself, eat, use the washroom and almost never knew where she was. getting infection after infection, watching her be so scared and usually crying because she is so confused and lost.
in her case she never would of had the option because she wasn't of sound mind. eventually she died in her sleep after months of being in a hospital and a decade of watching her get worse and worse. we all knew she would never choose to live the way she did in her last years. should a power of attorney have the say in a case where a person is not of sound mind? its hard to say but the people suffering who aren't capable of making decisions need an option too.
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