No death with indignity

I just read Shawn Vestal’s column on the “rising rates of long-term care” for us seniors (I’m one of them; age 81). Toward the end he mentions Alzheimer’s disease. My concern is: Why would one want to live at all … with Alzheimer’s? Is that really living?

To me, personally, it’s worse than death, and I would much, much prefer non-living to living with Alzheimer’s, or any number of “old age diseases” for that matter. To me it would be so much more humane if one could go permanently to sleep with a feel-good injection.

Yes, I know we have the Death with Dignity Act, which gives one a six-month jump to the obvious. Shouldn’t that be extended to these deaths without dignity that are happening to us old codgers?

How about when we almost-old codgers are still solid in mind and body, being able to sign on to a legal document of some sort saying no death with indignity for me!

Harry G. Merrick

Chattaroy