Living and Dying with Alzheimer’s
How best to live and die with dementia and the difficult choices people have to make.
In the final episode of this three-part series we explore the difficult choices people have to make. In the Netherlands, people with dementia can legally chose euthanasia but the debate is going back and forth there. When can dementia patients consent to euthanasia? The answer it turns out - is ethically very complicated and a Dutch doctor is now being prosecuted for performing euthanasia on a patient with advanced Alzheimer’s.
But if we didn’t fear Alzheimer's so much, couldn't we find ways to live a happy, fulfilled life - even with dementia? We travel to South Korea and the UK to hear from some of the most promising initiatives; and how a dementia friendly society is possible, with action not just from governments and NGOs but crucially from all of us.
Presenter: Andrew Bomford
Series producer: Estelle Doyle
Editor: Emma Rippon
(Image: Care, Credit: Getty Images)
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The rugby club reaching out to people with dementia
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- Tue 29 Jan 2019 13:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
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