being pushed to choose death

astropsyche · 10-13-2008, 10:03 PM

A few days ago Baroness Warnock announced that she thinks persons living well into old age and suffering from dementia should be persuaded to allow themselves to be put to sleep. To choose death. So as not to be a burden on the taxpaying public and the UKs gem - the National Health Service. Should health provision and social services fail as a result of the various tsunamis hitting our world we need to urgently consider how we care for these frail elder citizens. These citizens who have paid into health services for nigh on fifty years! Those of us now in our late fifties and sixties are the dementia sufferers of the near future - we need to confront this problem NOW! if we are to save people from euthanasia. Please can people feedback on this?

10-13-2008, 10:03 PM	#1
astropsyche Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 53	being pushed to choose death A few days ago Baroness Warnock announced that she thinks persons living well into old age and suffering from dementia should be persuaded to allow themselves to be put to sleep. To choose death. So as not to be a burden on the taxpaying public and the UKs gem - the National Health Service. Should health provision and social services fail as a result of the various tsunamis hitting our world we need to urgently consider how we care for these frail elder citizens. These citizens who have paid into health services for nigh on fifty years! Those of us now in our late fifties and sixties are the dementia sufferers of the near future - we need to confront this problem NOW! if we are to save people from euthanasia. Please can people feedback on this?