[Dysphagia] NYTimes.com Article: When Alzheimer' s Steals the Mind, How Aggressively to Treat the Body?

[bkcole at erols.com (Barbara Cole)]

And this is EXACTLY why people need to be prodded, forced to confront these
issues while they are of sound mound and let their wishes be known.  How
many times do you hear people say, "I wouldn't want to be kept alive in that
situation", yet they do nothing to try and insure that they WON'T be kept
alive at all costs.  The greatest gift one can give to one's children/family
is to relieve them of the decision and put it in writing way before it is
needed.
    Years ago there was an uproar over comments made by,  I believe I recall
this correctly, the governor of Colorado ? (maybe?). stating the elderly had
a "duty to die" because keeping them alive alive at all costs would bankrupt
the country. Does anyone else remember this?
    Barbara