Has coronavirus made you think more about your own end- assisted suicide?

[womaninatightspot]

I have thought for a long time that end of life care needs reforming and that the choice not to go on should be respected for those with terminal illnesses. I've found myself thinking over the course of the pandemic that I really don't want to end up in a home when I'm old/ infirm/ demented nor would I want my care put upon my family. Ideally it'd be nice to have a "jolly good innings" and then die quietly in my sleep but its not the reality for lots of us.

I've heard the thin end of the wedge arguments but honestly some of the stories I've read about the reality of caring for the elderly/ terminally ill have been awful. I wouldn't let my dog suffer that way. Do you think there will an appetite for reform as we've all spent much too much time looking at death statistics or will every life seem somehow more precious and be encouraged to drag out to it's natural end?

I think if anything current standards of care will get poorer due to the cost of the pandemic and subsequent belt tightening. Whilst I appreciate the ethical issues in other countries they manage to find a balance. No one is proposing that we go round the care homes bopping people off but that those with terminal illness can make a choice and hopefully those with capacity can make decisions about their end of life plans.

@womaninatightspot

Agree totally with your last post.