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Pre-Dementia Suicide (PDS)
The decision by a person who is facing the horrible condition of dementia to end his/her life before reaching the dementia stage is that person's alone. This terrible decision involves many factors. This page does not advocate in any way Pre-Dementia Suicide. The author's position related to MCI/Alzheimer's is provided in the video below, and his position for himself related to Pre-Dementia Suicide is discussed at 8:35-12:15 of the video. His position is that he is going to do life and death on his terms, rather than on dementia's terms. This is a very hard choice but every choice in this condition is hard.
Interview about facing Alzheimer's
Orit Navon, Kan Makshivim (subtitles)
15:15
The author does not advocate Pre-Dementia Suicide, has no immediate thoughts or intention of suicide, and urges anyone considering suicide to get help immediately from available resources, from the local emergency number 911, or from the national suicide hotline 988.
When is the "right" moment for PDS? This is impossible to know, and is based on the feelings / assessment of the patient and those around the patient. Two risks of PDS are taking action too early, in which the patient loses a period of life that otherwise could have been lived, and acting too late, in which the patient becomes incapable of carrying out PDS because dementia has set in. These and many other aspects of the situation are taken into consideration in making the decision against or for PDS.
TheAlzheimersConversation.com
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