That's why I wrote my POA to include dementia while I'm still of sound mind.
Though the law as proposed would not cover dementia in any case, as it's not a terminal illness.
I see no value to those extra days. My mother spend her last month in pain and delirium. She'd had her leg amputated already, because it had gangrene, but whether she was aware of that was a moot point.
I do not believe it was what she would have wanted (because of a conversation we'd had a year earlier when she only just pulled through, but was still mentally herself), but I don't think she'd ever written a POA.
My father refused to allow the use of any drug (such as morphine) that would have reduced her lifespan. He insisted that it had to be the infection which killed her. Which it did, eventually.
My sisters and I loved my dad - he was a really intelligent man - but this is the one thing we cannot forgive him for.
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Though the law as proposed would not cover dementia in any case, as it's not a terminal illness.
I see no value to those extra days. My mother spend her last month in pain and delirium. She'd had her leg amputated already, because it had gangrene, but whether she was aware of that was a moot point.
I do not believe it was what she would have wanted (because of a conversation we'd had a year earlier when she only just pulled through, but was still mentally herself), but I don't think she'd ever written a POA.
My father refused to allow the use of any drug (such as morphine) that would have reduced her lifespan. He insisted that it had to be the infection which killed her. Which it did, eventually.
My sisters and I loved my dad - he was a really intelligent man - but this is the one thing we cannot forgive him for.