I met C. this week. C has known me since I was born and is now double my age. Early symptoms of memory loss have appeared. C is facing the end of life with dignity and is adamant that life as a vegetable would be no life.
I can see how the case for dementia is more complex than for other end of life states. This long form profile and essay takes you through the story of Debra Koosed.
Her Time | Debra Koosed was diagnosed with dementia at 65. That’s when she decided she no longer wanted to live. By Katie Englehart. Long-form read 20 -30 mins in the California Sunday Magazine.
It recalls to me the beautiful and sad moments of seeing my friend Jane Bodie and her mother, suffering dementia, the artist Sue Dunkley at her retrospective exhibition. Small poem here.
Thoughts on a life well lived.
https://www.thendobetter.com/arts/2017/12/20/how-to-live-a-life-well-lived-bernie-de-koven
https://www.thendobetter.com/arts/2019/3/7/on-being-97-years-old
Thought on mortality and the medicalisation at old age.
https://www.thendobetter.com/blog/2018/8/16/mortality-how-to-die-well