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End of life law: do we want to kill the elderly to save money?
“The question, provocative, fell the same evening of the announcements of Emmanuel Macron on the start of a text on active assistance in dying.
It comes from the Association of Directors Serving the Elderly (AD-PA).
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This is the first time that this structure, bringing together directors of nursing homes and home services, has spoken on the issue of active assistance in dying.
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It is not our vocation to take a position for or against this reform,
explains its president, Pascal Champvert.
But society must realize that when we talk about the end of life, we are talking above all about the elderly.
80% of people who die are over 80
.
80% of palliative care
should therefore be reserved for them
, which is far from being the case.
Facility managers report that less than 10% of residents had access to palliative care before they died.
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