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I don'y know you, but i'm empathising. I lived with a grandfather who died from a long series of mini-strokes. Robbing him of faculties, memories and personality. It was terrible to see a proud man reduced.
The end was painful for us, but a release for him.
I don't know what i'm trying to say, maybe it's to be glad that he'll be released from his tortures soon as well as sad that a loved one will be leaving.
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On to my opinions on euthanasia:
It's my opinion that anyone, at any stage of terminal illness should be medically certified as such by a number of qualified physicians.
That certification should bestow the right upon that person to, at any time of their choosing, pass away in a dignified manner of their choosing (from reasonable alternatives).
That entitlement should pass to the next of kin, or body of kin, as and when the afflicted individual is past the point of making a coherent decision.
That person, while coherent. may make an express wish that the upmost be done to keep them alive in any form for as long as possible.
At the minute here in the uk, a person has to wait to be in so much pain that the administration of sufficient pain relief will kill them before a medical professional is allowed to bring a semi-gracious end to their suffering. The object must be pain reduction, not relief from the pain of carrying on.
What a horrible, horrible fudge.
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"I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." - Winston Churchill, 1937 --{ORLY?}--
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