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 Friday, 18 November 2011 Care for the disabled should be automatic  Ann Farmer, the pro-life writer, has made the following very interesting point in a recent letter to The Telegraph: "Dear Sir, Eve Richardson, of the National Council for Palliative Care, says that "people with dementia often receive poor care at the end of their life" and recommends speaking to sufferers soon after diagnosis to ascertain their wishes about end of life care (Telegraph, November 12, 2011). I should have thought nothing could be more depressing to someone recently diagnosed with a mentally disabling, progressive disease, than to broach the subject of their death. And what else could they possibly answer, than 'I want to be cared for'? Surely, if we care properly for extremely vulnerable people while they are living, it should be no different when they are dying? Yours faithfully, Ann Farmer (Mrs)"Comments on this blog? Email them to johnsmeaton@spuc.org.uk |
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