Moving To A Nursing Home Essay

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Life is such a precious gift. However, in certain times I can understand why someone would want to end it all; for example, the elderly and sick ones. The elderly individuals have lived their life and are fully satisfied with leaving this earth. As mentioned in the story, they have so many different ailments that may or may not be life threatening. However, they do not want to be a burden on their family members nor be cared for by strangers in a nursing home facility. This in itself can make it hard for an elderly one to want to go on living this way. Morally do if I feel that this right? No. Nevertheless, I am empathetic to certain situations and why many choose to go this route. The story in the book was a letter from an anonymous elderly man questioning why is it so wrong for an elderly person to want to end their life. He discussed his concerns with being a burden on his children, moving to a nursing home, and getting sick. He even outlined a way that he could end his life and have all of his financial and material things taken care of (Bethel University, 2016). Being at the end of one’s life does not necessarily mean that you have the right to make this decision. I do believe that suicide is a selfish act because of all the suffering the loved ones have to go through …show more content…

Just because of old age and no major health issues I would say no. Even as an elderly person you still can have reasons to live and keep going. You get to see grandchildren, great grand-children etc. Seeing your family multiply is something beautiful knowing that it all started from you. They could find hobbies to do to keep them active or some even get a job just to be around people and socialize. I do believe if a person is seeking assistance in dying that it should be from someone in the medial field that can explain everything properly versus them taking an overdose of pills from someone not in the medical

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