After reading the latest article, Taking Responsibility for my End of Life Decisions in our Death and Dying page, we felt that this was a most important topic that needed to be shared on our Join a Conversation page. Is it important that we discuss with our families and friends how we want to be cared for when we can no longer care for ourselves? Is it also important that we make our wishes known how and where we want to be buried? These questions are just some that are designed to get us talking about whether we do have a responsibility to plan our end of life decisions.
Is it worth considering?
Please share your thoughts and opinions on a matter that can affect everyone regardless of age or of their health and well-being status
Let the conversation begin. . . .
Is it worth considering?
- Through opening up the conversation, is it possible that we can start honouring the dying process so that it is not a taboo subject that makes everyone uncomfortable and reluctant to discuss it?
- If you were in a position where you were no longer deemed able to make medical decisions for yourself due to dementia or cognitive impairment of some sort, do you want medicine to be used just to keep you alive or only to keep you comfortable?
- These are important decisions, yet how many of us have taken the time to consider how we would like to be cared for, were we no longer capable of managing our own situation?
- If we don’t make it our personal responsibility, are we being selfish to leave these decisions to our loved ones?
Please share your thoughts and opinions on a matter that can affect everyone regardless of age or of their health and well-being status
Let the conversation begin. . . .