In 2011, at this time of year, I was in a conversation with a woman doctor. Both of us were walking on the pathway surrounding the Langara golf course. She mentioned that she had just put her mother down by starving her and her family was angry at her and would not talk to her. She said that starving her mother was painless and in the best interest of her mother. She also told me that VCHA usually allows patients two years before they decide to end treatment. It was exactly two years from the time Randy entered GPC that a DNR was placed on him. And my life of terror began.
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I just came across an article written by Bobby Schindler on June 13, 2008. It said that in the US denying food and hydration is a widely practiced "medical treatment." When I attended the Bentley case in BC, a medical professional said the same thing to me. It is done all the time. If patients are being starved to death and it is a widely practiced, how is it that I did not know about it. Just like the common practise of putting DNRs on patients without their knowledge.
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Huntington Post 15 May 2018
As Ontario's large cohort of baby boomers become seniors, the system will come under more strain, the FAO report said. The average 50-year-old in Ontario needs about $3,100 of health-care services annually, while a 65-year-old needs $6,400 worth of care and an 85-year-old needs more than $22,000 in care.
