Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes

Re:Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes by Gigachad on Saturday September 11, 2021 @08:02PM (#28497285)

IMO its a problem that we try to keep everyone alive at all costs disregarding quality of life. I would much prefer to just die before becoming incapable of basic tasks and being kept artificially alive.

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Re:Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes by hansel_der on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:09AM (#28499649)

i hear you.

unfortunately there are a lot of ppl in a situation where they did not declare that in time and we can't assume they would.

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Re:Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes by silexia on Sunday September 12, 2021 @09:31AM (#28500972)

Most doctors don't accept this sort of end of life care. We should stop making it the default and make it elective instead. We treat animals far more humanely, allowing them to be put down when their quality of life goes down without much hope of improvement. Right now, if I want to avoid the nightmare fate of elderly or permanently ill people, I would have to commit suicide ahead of time. I would rather have a humane system that could take care of that when I am too far gone .

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Re:Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes by hansel_der on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:00AM (#28582806)

fact remains: everyone can opt-out

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