From: Jeff Shultz 

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:31:49 -0600, Glenn Meadows wrote:

> It's not been defined as that.  Life support is typically defined as
> respirator, and mechanical means to breath.
>
> How about people in nursing homes who have Alzheimer's, and have no sense
> of the world around them, and have to be fed by a nurse, aid, or family
> member? Should they be killed/starved since they can't feed themselves?
>
> Where do you draw the line?
>
> Do you kill anyone who is impaired to the point that they require anyone
> else to help them live?

Actually, that's one of the points I am unsure about here myself. When my
grandfather, who was 90-odd years old and had had senile dementia for two
years, was unable to swallow anymore, the nursing home offered the option
of a feeding tube. My grandmother was completely against it, and he died a
few days later.

But nobody had any doubts about his state at the time.

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