@BumbleBeeBoogie,
Hi BBB, yep, my parents owned an Old Folks Home... so I am very aware of some of the parents and families wishes on both sides, but many families live on in hope that something will change or suffer guilt or don't fully understand that nothing more can often be done to help their family - it is so emotive... usually, when folks do realise .. then the doctors can do everything to make passing as comfortable as possible and often patients drift away with their pain medications.
Our hospice care here is second to none but euthanasia is not legal in the UK. This often comes up as court cases, but rarely, if ever, at the patients wishes respected (tho I have not read up on this and do not know for certain)
Depending on the wishes of all concerned including the patients wishes, hospice care make make the time of leaving this earth more easy these days along with full understanding of the family who are often with them.
I will never allow any animal to suffer.,, not NY animal if I could help or make the right decision in certainty.