Tasmania Acknowledges The Potential For Elder Abuse

Good for some politicians in Tasmania – understanding the plight of the elderly and how vulnerable they are to abuse – abuse that will loom larger if assisted suicide and euthanasia are ever legalized.

Tasmania launches elder abuse initiative

News from Tasmanian Premier Lara Gidding's website talks about the launch of the Tasmanian Elder Abuse helpline. An undoubtedly worthwhile initiative, the helpline is set against a background where, as the media release observes: “It is estimated up to 4200 older Tasmanians suffer physical, emotional verbal or financial abuse at the hands of someone close to them.” This is set to increase statistically as Tasmania moves towards a peak population cohort of over-65s in 2021, totalling one in four Tasmanians. more

Canadian Parliamentary Report Calls For Better Palliative Care

While the storm about euthanasia rages in a Canadian courtroom and the Royal Society of Canada has placed itself firmly in the pro-death camp, it's heartening to see this Canadian parliamentary report calling for suicide prevention, better palliative care, and elder abuse prevention. Of course, it's getting almost no traction in the media.

As court considers euthanasia, 55 Canadian MPs call for ‘quality end-of-life care’

OTTAWA, Ontario, November 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Canadian parliamentary committee today released what they say is a “landmark report” calling for improvement in healthcare for the elderly, the dying, and vulnerable Canadians. more

We Need More Vids Like This To Counter The Pro-Deathers

We need more videos like tis one, that show how easily coerced euthanasia is possible - especially if people see the sick as a "burden." Funny, but true.

UK: Things So Bad MDs Prescribe WATER

Here's another UK report about how bad things are in the UK - I'm not making this up: Doctors prescribing WATER to their elderly patients. God help us all.

UK doctors prescribe drinking water to prevent death of elderly in hospitals

LONDON, May 31, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Doctors who wish to keep their elderly patients alive amid the squalid conditions of some UK hospitals have been forced to prescribe drinking water for them, a report has revealed. more

Legal Assisted Suicide Means Abuse By Family Members - Trust Me

Ah, yes, let’s make killing people a “family matter.” You know, all those “family members who can’t wait to get their hands on the inheritance, checks for which are nowhere to be found in any assisted suicide statutes.

Right-To-Die Should Be Law Of The Land — It Should Be A Family Matter

The morning of March 11, 1997, Denise Oquisanti Kiernan told Harry, her husband of three years, that she was going to take a ride.

They'd been discussing that ride for some time. Denise, a 42-year-old East Hartford native, had lived for a decade with multiple sclerosis. She'd written a letter to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial right-to-die proponent, in which she said, "I am in constant, unbearable pain. This has been a very slow death to me. Please help me."

What happened next was the focus of two trials in which a jury and two judges tried to decide whether Harry had aided Denise in her death, which she accomplished by asphyxiating while sitting in an idling van in the couple's Glastonbury garage. more

There's No Way To Stop Abuse When Legalizing Assisted Suicide

In the current dust-up “assisted suicide” case in Connecticut, this piece makes an excellent point – there’s almost no way to prevent abuse of the person to be killed. They’ll be dead, and their murderer/helpers will be able to spin whatever story they want, in their best interests, of course.

Assisted Suicide In West Hartford Shows Need For Law On Difficult Decision

According to West Hartford police, Bruce Brodigan appears to have followed all the grim rules of suicide, including consulting a how-to manual, when he allegedly assisted in his father's death last Sept. 14.

On the table beside the bed where George Brodigan took his last breath, there was a bottle of Mount Gay rum and a glass of ice, a Tupperware container full of pills, a suicide note and a copy of "Final Exit," a best-selling guide to killing yourself. more

Here's An Uncomfortable Truth From Nabil Shaban

What Government-Run Health Care really Looks Like

While the crazies running the US government are hell-bent on taking our medical system back to the Stone Age, they’d be well advised to see what that actually means. Here’s a piece from the UK of patients lying in their own feces, starving, dehydrated, and helpless – all the good ship National Health Care System sails merrily on. From the UK's MailOnline this is what government-run healthcare looks like. more

The Danger Of Pro-Death Thinking In Different Cultural Contexts

This is a thoughtful Indian response to the considerable lethal potential of assisted suicide and euthanasia being let loose in a cultural context where it might be embraced for all kinds of very bad reasons.

Are we ready for euthanasia?

Of late, the debate on mercy killing or euthanasia seems to have resurfaced. With UK and the US legalising the practice (albeit to a few states only), the buzz about euthanasia is catching up in India too. A few months ago, Supreme Court denied mercy killing for a 59 -years-old lady Aruna Shanbagh, who was laying unconscious in a K.E.M Hospital Mumbai (after being sexually assaulted). Similarly, the Patna High Court dismissed Tarakeshwar Chandravanshi’s request of mercy killing his 25-year-old wife and in another plea the Kerala High Court rejected the request of BK Pillai.

In India, where the right of life under article 21 of the Constitution is considered the utopia of fundamental rights, the whole issue about right to death would not fetch much acceptability. However, it is not about the issue of legalising euthanasia but actually about the fact – is India ready for such concept per se? more

Euthanized For Her Money?

Well at least one explanation of this sad story is that one of Kathleen Dobson’s sons helped her be euthanized for her money. The prodeathers always tut-tut the idea that assisted suicide and euthanasia might be used for killing people to get their money. I’ll bet it happens more often than we think.

ROW AS RICH WIDOW KILLS HERSELF AND LEAVES ONE SON MILLIONS

DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a wealthy British widow at a Swiss suicide clinic amid confusion over a key legal document.

Kathleen Dobson was not terminally ill but suffering from rheumatoid arthritis when she decided to end her life at the Dignitas clinic in Zurich.

A friend said that although the 74-year-old multi-millionairess had been in some pain, she was able to drive, enjoyed playing bridge and had a satisfying social life on Guernsey. more

Elderly Disabled UK Woman Killed: Watch The Pro-Deathers Spin The Story

Well, we all know what’s going to happen with this tragic story: The pro-deathers are going to whine about how elderly, disabled people wouldn’t need to be strangled to death by their husbands, if we had legalized assisted suicide or euthanasia

Man jumped to his death 'after strangling seriously ill wife'

A man killed his severely disabled wife before jumping to his death from the top of a shopping centre building, police believe.

An investigation was launched after the 71-year-old man was seen jumping from the four-storey building at the Swan Walk shopping centre, Horsham, West Sussex, just before 10.30am on Saturday.

When police went to his home to inform his wife they found that she had been strangled. more

Hey, Why Not Use Euthanasia To End Elder Abuse?

Given the serious push for assisted suicide and euthanasia Down Under, this report of a huge jump in elder abuse in Aussie care facilities is especially troubling. It’s bad enough that it’s happening, but trust me, sooner rather than later some pro-deather will say something along these lines: “Our elderly shouldn’t have to suffer elder abuse, and it definitely affects their quality of life in a negative way. They should have the right to assisted suicide or euthanasia so they don’t have to be subjected to abuse.” Sound far-fetched?? I wouldn’t bet on it.

Elder Abuse In and Out of Nursing Homes a Growing Problem

Australian Department of Health and Ageing has released a new report which shows an alarming rise in physical assaults on the elderly in nursing homes: physical assaults increased by more than 50% and sexual assaults by 36%. more