Baroness Warnock comments on Dementia

Thanks so much for this post though I have to admit it is extremely disturbing to know this is being said about fellow human beings.

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All the best, sue (moderator)

I can't believe any one could even consider this as an option. It is an insult to an intelligent so called society, just because the person you know and love develops this disease you don't get rid of them you don't just house them some where. I know I am living with and caring for the man I love. Yes my life is difficult yes I don't sleep much No we can't do the things we could before but he is still the love of my life and I will do any thing I can to make the rest of his life as happy and pain free as possible but to be so selfish as to consider something like that is not possible. I believe God put us all here for a reason and we are tested and tried each day with alzheimers it is almost impossible to live with watching someone you love go through this, one of the most difficult things you will ever face. Even when they don't remember you and even when they get angry it is still the same person you said in good health and sickness til death do you part you do not take it in your own hands to end it. How could you, as the old saying goes nobody promised you a rose garden. I am thankful for each and every second of everyday I share with the love of my life, if I have to be the memory keeper of that love alone then so be it at least I have him and I will always cherish our true love story maybe it isn't the happily ever after i had dreamed of but it is and will be one of the truest and greatest love stories I dreamed of as a child, and no one has the right to end it until God says it is over. Living with Alzheimers and a true love story.Connie

Ms. Warnock should more appropriately be referred to as the "amoral philosopher" for those who do not hold human life to be of infinite and sacred value. For those who do hold such values, she would more appropriately be referred to as the "immoral philosopher". Her views and perspectives would have done well with the Nazi government of Hitler or with Stalin of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, under the banner of compassion, euthanasia and "dignity and assistance in dying"-aka "physician assited suicide" are being pushed as "moral" alternatives. Her "hope" in this matter is devoid of hope and dignity. Her viewpoint is patently offensive to all that is decent and good in this world. May somehow, and in someway, she quickly experience and be transformed by mercy and grace.