In 2020, 170 people requested and were granted euthanasia because of dementia, and by last year their number had risen to 499, the website said. Most of those who are successful are conscious of what is happening to them and take action before it is too late.
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That requires the patient to have made a living will which specifically outlines which situations they don’t want to find themselves in, expert Marcel Gigengack told Nu.nl.
“This could be that you want to end your life when you are in a nursing home, when you no longer recognise your partner, are incontinent and require constant care,” he said.
The increase in euthanasia requests for dementia coincides with the ageing population but has also been boosted by a growing acceptance of a self-determined death, according to the voluntary euthanasia society NVVE.
それにしても、ここのくだりに書かれていること。詳細が分からないけど、自己決定原則はどこへ？
In order to request euthanasia, a patient must be able to make a considered and voluntary request. Just seven patients who were not in such a position were helped to die last year, a figure that has remained stable for years, according to euthanasia monitoring body RTE.
