What is Death with Dignity

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • In this video, we'll explore what death with dignity is and why it is so controversial. Death with Dignity is a controversial topic, but it's one that deserves to be talked about. In this video, we'll explore what death with dignity means and why it is such an important issue. California’s End of Life Option Act passed in 2015. The law took effect on June 9, 2016.
    Further Reading:
    deathwithdigni...
    Check your state here:
    deathwithdigni...
    Join this channel to get access to perks:
    / @hospicenursejulie
    When dealing with any medically related events or medical emergencies, please communicate with your primary health care provider.
    To learn more visit: www.hospicenur...
    Instagram: / hospicenursejulie
    TikTok: / hospicenursejulie
    Facebook: / 100077937666311
    #hospice #paranormal #death

КОМЕНТАРІ • 389

  • @CcCcc215
    @CcCcc215 Рік тому +94

    My nonny did death with dignity. It was the best decision she could have made. I loved her very much and she was losing her mind. She was in so much pain. I didn’t want to see her die in a hospital. She died in her house where she wanted. After she drank the medicine she laid there sleeping, breathing heavy for an hour and a half. I held her hand the whole time. I was with medical professionals and one of them told me it was time to let go. I gave my nonny her final hug and walked away. She passed away seconds later. Death with dignity brought me that spiritual experience with my Nonny. I am so glad she decided to pass with death with dignity. Every family deserves that peace.

    • @meghancronin9156
      @meghancronin9156 Рік тому +5

      💕💕🫂🫂🫂

    • @jenniferjean
      @jenniferjean Рік тому +5

      Wow great story I'm glad it turned out well for you both ❤

    • @denisewhitehead59
      @denisewhitehead59 4 місяці тому

      I'm so sorry 🙏RIP NONNY ❤❤❤ I have a nonnie too we spell it diff but that's so cool,😢😢😢I don't want to lose nonnie she's 84 so time is ticking

  • @bevshaw5871
    @bevshaw5871 Рік тому +68

    I totally agree with you my 36-year-old granddaughter suffered kidney failure and liver failure for years, and the last three months of her life was sheer terror, pain and misery. She was so ready to go. We moved her to hospice, and she passed after six hours in hospice, I was glad she finally decided to give in and go because she was so pitiful. It broke my heart.

  • @adoxartist1258
    @adoxartist1258 Рік тому +229

    It's inhumane to force a pet to drag along in agony. It's inhumane to force a human.

    • @michaelscott5155
      @michaelscott5155 Рік тому +4

      It’s expensive to

    • @shanemcguire5347
      @shanemcguire5347 Рік тому

      Humans are not animals death should be a natural process again just opinions but death should come naturally

    • @wendyodell356
      @wendyodell356 Рік тому +14

      Exactly! We don't want our fur babies to suffer, why do OUR PEOPLE have to suffer.
      My Mom would have gone this route if she had thought about it. She suffered greatly with pain due to a few of her illnesses.
      I thought there were pills you took? Maybe on the very beginning, when this was becoming legalized?
      I watched a movie or movie short. It was real life in real time. Very interesting and beautiful. The couple hosted a BBQ at their home for family and close friends. When it became time, the best friend, significant other, brothers and sisters and parents were there with her. Although the party was for her, it wound up being a huge support for her significant other. I'm sure it was still devastating for him deep down even if he never came right out and said it. His body language and expressions alluded to it.
      Regarding Alzheimer's and Parkinsons not qualifying for the end of life treatment is B.S. There should be a court sign-off by the judge, the patient can go through at the initial diagnosis. A family member or designated person should be able to do the pick-up of the medication.
      I've taken care of patients with both diseases when I was a CNA, and would definitely not want to suffer or have my friends or family suffer right along with me 😢 It's just ridiculous! Until someone famous or important has this happen to them, the law won't change. But I'm sure they'd find away around it, illegally anyway.
      Of course this is just my opinion but I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me.

    • @TheTuesday11
      @TheTuesday11 Рік тому +1

      @@michaelscott5155this is an issue. If your family member is ill and using your savings to treat them they may feel guilty and for this reason only decide for euthanasia. I’m sorry, I don’t think we should allow someone to choose death because of money. Especially if they are doing it because of money. We don’t choose death because life is expensive.

    • @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv
      @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv Рік тому

      Seems like most opposition is because of the possibility of abuse.

  • @carolmartin4413
    @carolmartin4413 Рік тому +41

    Some people don't understand how debilitating chronic, intense pain is. If a mentally competent person living with intense pain and limited time left should have the right to die with dignity. Why prolong the inevitable when that inevitable time is pure hell?

  • @countrygirl432
    @countrygirl432 Рік тому +48

    In my state, it isn't approved. My uncle had found out he had terminal cancer. Early one morning, he called my aunt at 4:30 am told her there's 3500(cremation)on the table, the back door will be unlocked and he's already called 911. They found him in the back bedroom with a gun shot in his skull. I believe that all terminal patients should have that decision on the table besides Hospice care for them to decide themselves. In the most uncontrollable situation for that patient their final day is the thing they can control.

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +9

      Oh wow- thank you for sharing and sending you love

    • @mattdonna9677
      @mattdonna9677 Рік тому +7

      I'm sorry you lost your uncle that way, a gunshot is a horrible way to leave this world. Leukemia will kill me eventually, and I choose to stay alive as long as possible.

    • @blueocean5210
      @blueocean5210 Рік тому +1

      @@mattdonna9677why shooting the self is bad while killing ourself with meds is right both ways are different way of killing it is just to give the right expression to the act we do

    • @elainebraindrain3174
      @elainebraindrain3174 Рік тому

      I have same plan🔫

    • @mattdonna9677
      @mattdonna9677 Рік тому +2

      ​@@blueocean5210if you personally knew people who died of a gunshot and what it does to the body you would understand the difference between the 2 methods. I do understand the point you're making.

  • @SeaTurtle515
    @SeaTurtle515 Рік тому +40

    Thank you for this very informative video. I have advanced, terminal ovarian cancer and I have decided that when I am given six months or less to live, I will Die with Dignity, the time and place of my choosing. My family understands as already they see the physical suffering my body is undergoing. I am so very thankful I live in a state that allows humans to make this most personal of choices.

    • @SeaTurtle515
      @SeaTurtle515 Рік тому +2

      @@ichibonfriend2923 Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words.

    • @margodphd
      @margodphd Рік тому +6

      I hope that the time You have left is not only as painless and comfortable as possible but also filled to brim with joy, beauty and togetherness with those You cherish the most ❤

    • @SeaTurtle515
      @SeaTurtle515 Рік тому +2

      @@margodphd Your words bring me comfort. Thank you.

    • @elizabethbeauchamp6580
      @elizabethbeauchamp6580 Рік тому +2

      I'm so sorry to hear of your terminal diagnosis 😢. I hope you are not in too much pain ❤. I've learned so much from this wonderful nurse and I'm not afraid to die.

    • @SeaTurtle515
      @SeaTurtle515 Рік тому +2

      @@elizabethbeauchamp6580 I appreciate your caring words. Thank you.

  • @51hankyspanky7
    @51hankyspanky7 6 місяців тому +2

    You are a wonderful person, Julie. Thank you so much for your videos, and yes, Dr. Kevorkian was truly a hero.

  • @MsJPinMadison
    @MsJPinMadison Рік тому +24

    I feel there should not be restrictions for those who have suffered from long standing pain as well - physical and or emotional. And across the U.S. Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge.

    • @tommygirl6659
      @tommygirl6659 11 місяців тому

      In canada it is available across the country, a dr administers the medication through an I’ve, and the parameters are far broader, and still being worked on

  • @ChrisW228
    @ChrisW228 Рік тому +17

    When my uncle died, it dragged on for so many days with him looking like he was suffering terribly despite being totally out of it on medication. I’ll never forget talking my cousin down from taking matters into his own hands. He was prepared to go to jail just to no longer watch his father suffer so much. I dread the day…

  • @dagwood1327
    @dagwood1327 Рік тому +87

    As an ICU nurse I have watched people die. Not all disease processes end in a good death. I don’t have any experience with dying with dignity but it sounds more humane than gasping for breath or long drawn out end filled with pain.

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +10

      I was an icu nurse for several years- it made me want to get into hospice

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +9

      Thank you for all your hard work

    • @pammcclellan5443
      @pammcclellan5443 Рік тому +5

      ​@hospicenursejulie you are wonderful to take your time to enlighten us ❤ Pam 12:15 pm

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @poetinflesh
    @poetinflesh Рік тому +10

    I am from Canada and support this 100% and donate towards making it more accessible for more Canadians.

  • @j.svensson7652
    @j.svensson7652 Рік тому +16

    My state has Death with dignity! Good!

  • @rubykelley5581
    @rubykelley5581 Рік тому +23

    I watched the movie How to Die in Oregon about 9 years ago. It was the first time I had ever heard about death with dignity, and I'll admit, it was pretty scary at first. But by the end, I couldn't understand why more states didn't offer this option for the terminally ill. Someone who is dying isn't left with many choices. Choosing how and when to die and being able to spend your last moments surrounded by the people who love you is a very powerful thing.

  • @KH-tt3wv
    @KH-tt3wv Рік тому +32

    Thank you for sharing your insights and your stories, Nurse Julie. You are providing vital information and conversation about a subject most of are otherwise under-prepared to face. It is wild to me that the expected standard of care we have for animals is to minimize unnecessary suffering through euthanasia, but the same intervention as a self-chosen way to minimize human suffering is met with fear and suspicion. There is no good reason why a dying person should not be able to choose for themselves when they are ready to go if that's what they want.

  • @jeffpawlinski3210
    @jeffpawlinski3210 Рік тому +16

    Julie, Thank You for all you do and for the education you provide. I posted once before that I am a Hospice Care Liaison for Compassus Hospice here in Milwaukee. I have learned so much from you, even after nearly two decades of working in Hospice Care. Your patient advocacy and committment to dispelling Hospice Myths is inspiring. You're a treasure!

  • @SpiritSeekersIL
    @SpiritSeekersIL Рік тому +13

    Had the option been in my state, my dad would likely have considered it. He suffered with severe COPD, heart failure (2 bypasses before 55), chronic back pain, just a hard life; and it had become too much. By the time I approached him about hospice, he has 100% in but knew the morphine would ease his pain and help him pass. He knew that was holding him here. A few days later his body relaxed and he transitioned.

  • @kimnoble9434
    @kimnoble9434 Рік тому +8

    Thank you for making this video. There should be no controversy surrounding it as we should each have the ability to make the decision about our own lives. Nobody else’s beliefs should be forced upon us, and no one should be made to suffer at the end of life.

  • @AlerieHightower
    @AlerieHightower Рік тому +16

    Just for information purposes, Oregon has stopped enforcing the residency part of their Death With Dignity law, so you could essentially travel there to end your life without having to establish residency. All of the other criteria would need to be met, though.

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +2

      👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @pegs1659
      @pegs1659 Рік тому +2

      So much for dying in your own bed. All states need to adopt this. Not everyone can afford to travel or even be able to travel and some friends and family might not be able to travel.

  • @Nan-59
    @Nan-59 Рік тому +9

    Nurse Julie deserves SO MANY MORE subscribers than she currently has!❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 This really is an awesome and very informative channel!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @justicewillprevail1106
    @justicewillprevail1106 Рік тому +114

    I'm 100% fully support with death with dignity. It should be our right to choose when and where we'd like to leave this world.

    • @jenniferjean
      @jenniferjean Рік тому +7

      We have M.A.I.D. medical assistance in dying in Canada and I would hope nobody would have to suffer unnecessarily if they don't have to. We should all have a choice.

    • @TheTuesday11
      @TheTuesday11 Рік тому +1

      If a person is dying thru should be on hospice, and like Julie said, if your on hospice you should not be in pain.

    • @koreyb
      @koreyb Рік тому

      Yes!

    • @missbb5432
      @missbb5432 6 місяців тому

      🎯🎯

  • @ragevsraid7703
    @ragevsraid7703 Рік тому +7

    Death with Dignity is very needed BUT if you wish the suffering to end it is very easy with the amount and strength of medicine given in this period of life. Doctors and nurses and hospice workers have always made this a choice no matter what state of laws. God Bless You All.

  • @tammygifford7831
    @tammygifford7831 11 місяців тому +2

    Everyone should watch your videos, it has changed me and what to expect at the end of your life

  • @chnalvr
    @chnalvr 10 днів тому

    This should be available in every state. If someone disagrees with this option, they do not have to do it.

  • @realone4341
    @realone4341 Рік тому +55

    I fear death less now. I learn more and feel more accepting after your presentations. Thanks.

  • @user-cr1pm3rt6i
    @user-cr1pm3rt6i Рік тому +5

    I find it interesting how accepted euthanasia is for our beloved animals but have such a hard time letting our fellow humans have this same dignity- my personal opinion is because we are scared of death and the unknown. Thank you for this valuable channel and information. Knowledge is power!!

  • @melodioushaste
    @melodioushaste Рік тому +5

    I support it 100%. and for mental illness in addition to physical illness.

  • @starletsatori8933
    @starletsatori8933 Рік тому +14

    I agree! It's what I want for myself if I'm going to suffer before death. I just had to have my lovely dog put down. It was so peaceful and to know she was no longer suffering meant so much to me.

  • @dillydalie11
    @dillydalie11 Рік тому +5

    We need this law for those even without being terminal

    • @pegs1659
      @pegs1659 Рік тому

      What?

    • @gradientcube
      @gradientcube Рік тому

      ​@@pegs1659available to everyone who needs it without strict requirements

  • @cathygibson5157
    @cathygibson5157 Рік тому +3

    They need to change the laws and make death with dignity more accessible

  • @ConsciousConversations
    @ConsciousConversations Місяць тому

    I agree❤❤❤ soo much.
    Your life. Their life. The person who has lived and the body is no longer sustainable for them.. THEIR BODY.. their life. Why people can not grasp this.. is so heart breaking. The number of family or whomever who force people to live in misery and pain and suffer because of their own grief.. the suffering does not have to be on both ends. It’s almost like abuse, like I’m sad so you have to suffer so I can draw my sadness out too.
    What a beautiful society we can be when we recognize that a person’s life is their own.❤

  • @re5pectred100
    @re5pectred100 Рік тому +7

    Øwish we had this in the UK. A man recently was released from prison after his wife begged him to end her life from agonising cancer. Such a sad case

  • @azalea1404
    @azalea1404 Рік тому +5

    I certainly agree it should be an option to all - incl. people with alzheimers and parkinson. Thank you so much Julie for teaching us all these important matters regarding death.

  • @ChrisW228
    @ChrisW228 Рік тому +8

    People with Parkinson’s, etc., should be allowed to pass the tests well ahead of the last six months, indicating that at X point within the six months, this should be administered.
    It is a shame that your last memory/experience needs to be struggling to keep down something vile tasting.

  • @sunnyblueskies6505
    @sunnyblueskies6505 Рік тому +6

    Hi, Julie!
    I just want you to know you inspired me to make a move in home health to hospice. I applied and got the job! I’m very excited, and your vids made me realize not all are able to be a part of this special realm. I start in a few days. Thanks for sharing all that you do!

    • @pegs1659
      @pegs1659 Рік тому +1

      Yay! Good luck and may the force be with you. Haha

  • @heatherc2042
    @heatherc2042 24 дні тому

    Bless your heart Julie. Thank you for the explanation. My Dad is ready and this was exactly the information that I needed. His Dr. has already signed on.

  • @meghancronin9156
    @meghancronin9156 Рік тому +58

    Hope to see the day this is federally legal ❤ appreciate you, your stories and the way you advocate for your patients and what is right ❤❤

  • @GildaLee27
    @GildaLee27 Рік тому +48

    The Death with Dignity law in California was passed by a large majority of California voters. Those who do not approve may freely choose to not use medication to end their terminally ill lives. Those who do not approve may freely move away from California. There will be no tolerance here for attacks upon terminally ill people, their families, or their caregivers.
    Peace and goodwill to all.

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +9

      Yes yes yes

    • @GildaLee27
      @GildaLee27 4 місяці тому

      @@gloriaguerrero613 Please explain how anyone is being forced or could be forced to leave the state that has a MAID law.

  • @pnw-elle
    @pnw-elle Рік тому +7

    I plan this if I become terminal. We should have the choice and not someone else's belief. It's not suicide. The person is dying and doesn't want to go through so much pain and loss of dignity just because someone else wants the person to do what they feel is right.

  • @LesliePourHouse
    @LesliePourHouse Рік тому +54

    I absolutely agree! A patient who’s terminal should never have to suffer nor should the family who get false hope when they patients get that last little burst of energy!

    • @jenniferjean
      @jenniferjean Рік тому +4

      If you're terminally ill and you have a choice you can arrange the time to die and have your family and friends with you. You won't die alone. That's only compassionate and puts the patient first.

    • @emme6910
      @emme6910 6 місяців тому

      Agreed. We don't force our pets live & suffer. 👍

    • @phoenixtoash2396
      @phoenixtoash2396 2 місяці тому

      I feel even those who like me, are not terminal not insane and not wanting by will alone to live on this hell planet should absolutely should be a choice as literally a human core right.

  • @suzieb4900
    @suzieb4900 Рік тому +6

    I am on board with this! I greatly appreciate this choice 🎉❤ Thanks so much for all you do Julie! I greatly appreciate all your messages.

  • @laurabenson1278
    @laurabenson1278 Рік тому +9

    Thank you so much for presenting this information. Every one of your videos is as comforting as it is enlightening. I agree 100% that everyone has the right to control his/her own body, including how they die. I am a cancer survivor, and I often wonder about how I will ultimately die. I have no reason to think that day is around the corner, but I continue to watch all of your content. Indeed, being informed makes it seem a lot less frightening, and I absolutely understand what you mean when you say the experience can be beautiful. I do wish there were a lot more practitioners who offered this type of education to everyone, not just those who are already at the end of their life. As a matter of fact, I have a son in nursing school, and I told him about you and how impressed I was with your mission. He said that some of his fellow students already knew about you! Thanks again, Julie.

  • @theartbysteph
    @theartbysteph 5 місяців тому +5

    It definitely should be federally funded and available nationwide. Everyone has the right to choose how/when they die. Thank you for all you share!💜

    • @SueK51
      @SueK51 2 місяці тому

      Available, maybe, but federally funded? If you want this, pay for it yourself.

  • @robertglennienz
    @robertglennienz 6 місяців тому +1

    New Zealand legalized euthanasia in 2020. It was one of two issues put to public referendum in the election that year.

  • @queenofscots839
    @queenofscots839 Рік тому +37

    Animals are treated more humanely… 💯

    • @laurabeissel9345
      @laurabeissel9345 Рік тому

      Animals are NOT HUMANS.

    • @demetricemerriweather9925
      @demetricemerriweather9925 3 місяці тому

      I say that all the time

    • @SueK51
      @SueK51 2 місяці тому

      You're comparing apples and oranges.

    • @queenofscots839
      @queenofscots839 2 місяці тому

      @@SueK51how so? Not to me, animals are innocent compared…. So what’s your point? Humans should suffer, wrong medicine is the same as that.. either way…

  • @robert375cheytac8
    @robert375cheytac8 Рік тому +3

    See the documentary “ Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die In America”. One of the featured subjects decided to take this way to exit, leaving on his own terms. Showed him building his wooden coffin with his son in law before drinking the formula and laying down in it.
    Very sad, but very strong of him to follow through.

  • @ASurfgirl
    @ASurfgirl Рік тому +9

    Humans are so sick if your pet was dying and suffering you’d be called an animal abuser if you didn’t put it to sleep many times ppl deciding for you when they think you should or you’re selfish if you didn’t do it early enough. Yet they want humans to suffer til the end. I think it shouldn’t be hard, passed maybe just you have 6 months or less to live. That dementia patients aren’t allowed is awful. They should be allowed to make arrangements before hand. I’ve heard stories bout how horrible that disease is ppl having to be told again someone died a long time ago like it’s new to them then completely forgetting again it seems absolutely cruel to expect ppl to go through things like that especially when they are still with it and know they are probably gonna decline that way. Instead this is way ppl end up doing it anyhow alone and in a messy and painful way often more traumatic to those left behind. I had to put my one cat to sleep in January it was so peaceful. I wish I could of afforded it at a home. I’d prefer that over ways my family and many friends have had to go. Plus there something beautiful bout picking your time making sure you have everyone you want and wants to be there or however you choose it. I’ve seen documentaries bout ppl who have done this, mostly at first they were in other countries cause let’s be honest the USA is backwards I think they’d rather bleed you dry with medical bills then actually help you here but I remember one guy had a huge party the night before with all his friends was a celebration then next morning took the medication with a doctor and maybe his very closest ppl with him. He had terminal cancer but wasn’t at the point he was just rotting away and couldn’t move having to go through the humiliation some ppl feel bout not being able to do basic things like go to the bathroom. Why it’s called death with dignity.

  • @MarieJesne
    @MarieJesne 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for thus video and sharing that patient's story. If you don't mind sharing, how did the family and friends react in the actively dying phase? Did they want to stay in the room? Did they watch or look away? Or talk to each other?

  • @martryan2060
    @martryan2060 Рік тому +4

    You can drink when you choose
    You can smoke if you please all of
    Which hasten death.
    So why not choose your time of passing if suffering?
    The problem is there is more money to be made by keeping people alive.
    Have a good week 👍

  • @MagnoliaPantherWoman
    @MagnoliaPantherWoman Рік тому +4

    I am terminally ill according to my doctors and I, but hospice won't take me because my life limiting, irreversible, severe chronic illness isn't on their list of terminal illnesses. I'm told by professionals that these hospices likely have bias toward me because VSED is one of my options, my age and appearance, and severe chronic illness.
    They think VSED is suicide. They recommended palliative care (but not their own palliative care), seeing specialists I've already seen (plus second opinions), and interventional pain medicine who, among my other specialists, say there's nothing else they can do for me.
    Death with dignity laws also improve palliative care and hospice care. The irony is that this hospice fear of my death under this circumstance is actually contributing to my death. Science knows that unmanaged pain makes people more ill. I know that my unmanaged severe exhaustion and weakness do the same.

    • @fifilafleur5555
      @fifilafleur5555 Рік тому

      What is VSED? May I ask what illness you have?

    • @toma.6942
      @toma.6942 Рік тому

      ​@@fifilafleur5555voluntary stop eating and drinking

  • @Linda-eg3wo
    @Linda-eg3wo Рік тому +3

    I'm a nurse and have sat with many people as they died. I want the right to end mine when I'm ready which is soon. I just need to know what I need to do to get it on a ballot to vote ASAP. I don't want anyone making those choices for me. I want to see my family and friends beforehand, not disclose the date to anyone, but to my family the day I choose. That will be the closest time of not knowing. If anyone can help me, please get me the info.

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @janelassiter5239
    @janelassiter5239 9 місяців тому +3

    Something needs to be done for Alzheimer's patients! My mom lingered for 4.5 years bedridden. Initially, she was still lucid enough that she'd periodically ask for a gun (not like her at all) because she didn't want to live like that. That time was horrible. Her decline was really tough to watch. Ultimately, her passing was peaceful and beautiful in many ways, but she had zero quality of life. 😢💜💔

  • @jaesunglee2780
    @jaesunglee2780 9 місяців тому

    There's no dignified death without a good life, suggesting that a good death is intertwined with a fulfilling and meaningful life in this world.

  • @carolpiirto5613
    @carolpiirto5613 Рік тому +2

    I thank you a MILLION TIMES for the information, the sacred stories,everything you relate. You’re the best!

  • @eastbaystreet1242
    @eastbaystreet1242 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for this video.

  • @fifilafleur5555
    @fifilafleur5555 Рік тому +16

    I have stage 4 ovarian cancer but I don’t think I would do this for my own religious reasons.

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +5

      💗

    • @jenniferjean
      @jenniferjean Рік тому +5

      I hope we all have a choice if it comes to that. In Canada it's legal here and that gives me peace. Wishing you a pain free future. 💜

    • @lindanelson8400
      @lindanelson8400 Рік тому +5

      I agree with you. I'm a long term care nurse with 35 years experience. I've been at the bedside of many many deaths. Death doesn't scare me. Each of us will have to go through it. But when you take your own life, you have declared yourself God. There's only one God who determines life and death. Because of my religious beliefs, even if it were legal in my state, as a nurse I would refuse to take part in any assisted suicide, or what ever you wish to call it. Even if it cost me my job, or my nursing license.

    • @kathidori8504
      @kathidori8504 Рік тому +3

      It's your choice. Just ask your doctor for a good pain management.
      May Gods peace dwell in your heart.

    • @Tichaba124
      @Tichaba124 3 місяці тому +1

      Both my parents died horrible painful deaths from cancer. I had to argue with the nurse to not resucite him as he had already pulled out his tubes several times and wanted to go. She was so angry! She pulled off his sheets and made me watch his poor naked body as his color changed. . He had lung cancer and smelled horrible. But, when he took that last breath., it smelled like roses. My mom had terrible bed sores in hospice! Don’t ever go to hospice in Michigan! She was in so much pain. Sorry, long story. We love you Julie!

  • @christinekeleher3578
    @christinekeleher3578 Рік тому +3

    In Canada Ontario it’s very different but I agree we should be able to choose.

  • @DeathRealmTattoo
    @DeathRealmTattoo 4 місяці тому

    I wish this was legal in WI.

  • @Stella_V777
    @Stella_V777 9 місяців тому +4

    I 100% agree that this should be legal in all the states please like this video so it can reach more people and they can sign the petitions that are in that description!

  • @anngiuli
    @anngiuli 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so very much for this valuable information. Grateful for your knowledge and your time sharing this.

  • @liliahm5270
    @liliahm5270 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for sharing and having this Chanel. Very. Informative.

  • @sydneypeppler8810
    @sydneypeppler8810 6 місяців тому

    What I like about this concept is that it can be a planned event. It would allow everyone to enjoy that “gift of time” more 🥰
    it’s not like ya need to crack open the bottle as soon as you leave the pharmacy. You can make it special. And leave everyone with a scared memory.

  • @taduh7923
    @taduh7923 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for sharing this. I love your channel so much. You explain everything so gracefully.

  • @allengumm1157
    @allengumm1157 6 місяців тому

    Julie, could you please tell us how we find a health provider who is willing to procure us this medication? It may be "available" to us, but if we can't find a provider who will help us obtain it, we're up a creek. I honestly think that information on how to find a willing provider is more helpful than telling us how and when to take the medication. Thank you.

  • @kathydavenport4422
    @kathydavenport4422 Рік тому +1

    Thank you I would love to not die in agony. Your a blessing to many of us. Never doubt yourself

  • @babygirl198378
    @babygirl198378 7 місяців тому

    I wish this was legal in every state. Ppl should have to option to make a choice that they want for themselves

  • @dawnmguzman
    @dawnmguzman Рік тому +2

    I have experinced horrible death processes from various disease with family members and friends. Why should it be agonizing if it doesn't have to be, or feared when it's part of life too? I definantely know I'd choose death with dignity if that is also my fate. I also believe it should be available to every American without religious and political wrangling and meddling. I really enjoy your informative videos and tiktoks Julie. Helps soothe fear and uncertainty when we know a little bit about a lot of things ❤

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @michael0o5
    @michael0o5 5 місяців тому

    Sharing this, was the honor.Thanks

  • @luciedvorakova2167
    @luciedvorakova2167 3 місяці тому

    This should be available to all humans! As it is to all our pets! What I really cannot comprehend are those palliative care doctors who refuse legalization... They see death with dignity as their failure, but that's absolute nonsense. Everyone who wants death with dignity also want widely available palliative care - these two things are not mutually exclusive.

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @user-lj5pu9kp2s
    @user-lj5pu9kp2s 17 днів тому

    I live in california. A friend that is at home hospice has decided to to acquire death with dignity medication. He has told me that He must be driven to and from the hospital pharmacy in order to get the prescription filled. Also i do believe that i have to sign something or other. I told him that I would take him to the pharmacy. I'm not sure if all his family members are on board with his wishes regarding his decision. I am wondering if there could be any legal ramifications from his family members for simply giving him a ride to and from the pharmacy. If anyone has any information on this ,or a legal website regarding such matters, it would be greatly appreciated.

  • @jackbleiberg932
    @jackbleiberg932 Рік тому +1

    Julie, you are national treasure, I love how you love, and how you care for your patients, and there love ones, Your UA-cam channel is an amazing thing for family members and friends your teaching us can lift the dark secret vail on death and dying, and you shine light on it. Julie I wish you nothing but the best, because you are the best, Let Go and let God. ❤

  • @L.J.H.-sg6eb
    @L.J.H.-sg6eb Рік тому +2

    My late mother in law, Jospehine, was in a way with a few strokes to where she could not eat any longer but had to be fed by a stomach tube. The doctor from the hospital said it would be best to let her pass naturally by not feeding her for about two weeks and let her body shut down. My brother in law, her son whom I didn't marry, said he was going to take her back to his home state and take care of her in a rehab center. She ended up living 6 more years, had a fun state of life by the videos we shared, but passed in isolation with covid before there was a vaccine. To some this might not make sense, but she did get to see more family back in NY and PA and they were able to see her.

    • @kathidori8504
      @kathidori8504 Рік тому +1

      I'm happy for your your experiences.
      I think, we should get the opinion of at least two doctors.....

    • @L.J.H.-sg6eb
      @L.J.H.-sg6eb Рік тому +1

      @@kathidori8504 Absolutely. I wish my brother in law would have listened to me. It is good to make an informed decision. Thank you for your reply. Stay safe.

    • @joecheffo5942
      @joecheffo5942 Рік тому +1

      I respect your post. Yet I personally would find it hard to have fun lying with a feeding tube. Of course everyone is different. Did those joyful videos really reflect the reality of all those years? Possibly and hopefully they did reflect that. Her son probably new her well and made the right choice. Anyone who knows me knows I would not want that. Probably good to have living wills.

  • @Runnin65
    @Runnin65 2 місяці тому

    I enjoy your videos i really do but being holistic our endocanabinnoid system and homeostasis is ran off of thc so god mad it for a reason and it has a great success.

  • @kathyweber5675
    @kathyweber5675 9 місяців тому

    Hi Julie, I just found your channel. Thank you for what you are doing. My dad passed almost 3 yrs ago from LBD, and all of your info I've seen so far is so informative. I feel like I'll have better armor if you will when my mom joins my dad. Keep doing what you are doing!

  • @ToniWilson-zd6ei
    @ToniWilson-zd6ei 9 місяців тому

    I live in the first state that allow it. That was Oregon. I have my own beleif but everyone must fellow their own mind. The 1st death was here in Oregon. I remember when this law was being debated. It was a very heated debate.

  • @kellytucker1130
    @kellytucker1130 8 місяців тому

    How does that work with life insurance Company’s

  • @Chemtrooper69
    @Chemtrooper69 8 місяців тому

    Ondanstren for nausea, 15GM morphine, 3GM Amitriptyline and 1GM of diazepam (No not MG-milligrams, but GM -GRAMS) metoclopramide, and 100MG of Digoxin.

  • @Redhead77
    @Redhead77 Місяць тому

    I have a question ...
    I understand following the laws of one's state.
    What if the hospice nurse has personal convictions against DWD, though? Can another nurse step in?
    Just curious!

  • @LilByrdFly2
    @LilByrdFly2 Місяць тому

    I wish they had this in Florida but I do know if you go to the Dr of a relative in hospice whose actively dying,like with my uncle,where his heart just wouldn't stop and after a week of him being in a coma state, I did go to his Dr without any of my family knowing obviously and I said hasn't he suffered enough? When are you going to end this for him? And he said who are you and I said I'm his niece but he was like my father growing up. And I said I know all you have to do is up that morphine a little bit because it's just his heart that's keeping him holding on and he went in the room and 15 minutes later my uncle passed. So it does happen just not the way I wish it would 4:07.
    I think it's merciful

  • @ronaldhartfordjr8299
    @ronaldhartfordjr8299 2 місяці тому

    Nurse Julie I agree with you on this in Ohio we don’t have this and I have stage 4 pancreatic cancer the medication companies frown on this highly as I work in pharmacy. These
    Medicines are medicines we give to save a persons life but we know the toxic doses do just what this type of end of life choice accomplishes. Pentobarbital and any of the barbitals usually accomplishes this. I am not sure about the benzodiazepines maybe midazolam. My grandma wanted this but we couldn’t offer it she died in hospice a few days later.

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @daniellenard2872
    @daniellenard2872 Рік тому +5

    I saw a documentary where the dr started an Iv with saline but the person had to draw the medicine and inject into the port on their own while dr was not present this was in B.C.

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +3

      This is in Canada

    • @daniellenard2872
      @daniellenard2872 Рік тому +5

      @@hospicenursejulie yes ma’am BC / Vancouver . Thank you for the work you do . The families should feel honored to have u

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @shannonoliver5414
    @shannonoliver5414 Рік тому +7

    Thank you for this information and for that beautiful story. 😊

  • @Redo12able
    @Redo12able Рік тому +5

    Thanks for the information. I've been waiting to see such a video from you. By circumstance, the last one standing, I will most likely choose this option. I'm just wondering how someone first asks about this option from a medical doctor.. I guess one just asks. Lol. Thanks for all you do.

  • @axisgarm
    @axisgarm Рік тому +1

    Its absurd to think that we live in a sophisticated world, but have such an obtuse way of looking at the process of death. I can’t speak for other parts of the world, but in America you can go to jail for NOT ending an animal’s suffering; but on the flip side, if you end a human’s suffering or they end their own, they too will be prosecuted!!! It’s not the politician’s or even the doctor’s life. Who are they to tell someone how much they should have to suffer when we have the ability to end life with no additional suffering? If it’s an issue based upon religion, let the person dying sort that out on the other side… I grew up the grandson of a baptist preacher, I get it. I’m also someone who came as close to death as possible and got to keep living. Every day for the last 23 years has been filled with some pain and suffering. I hope I either go instantly or I have the option to say when I go, when I’ve decided enough is enough!!!! I guess if doctor’s won’t help, I will have to try my local veterinarian!!!!!

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @SailorGal7353
    @SailorGal7353 Рік тому +12

    The ones who do not support this law are ones who have not seen some of the painful suffering that our loved ones go through with many of the diseases that are out there. I have known people who wanted to die when there was no hope of saving them and their lives had turned into just trying to survive through the pain and of each day. We are allowed freedom of choice for how we live our lives, why not the same freedom to choose for our deaths? This should be a law everywhere!

  • @kanchu4577
    @kanchu4577 Рік тому +1

    Hey mam can you tell me what medication do i need to stop nausea, vomiting when you're in vsed process

  • @tiportangeles2696
    @tiportangeles2696 Рік тому +3

    Both my parents died naturally from GBM, It was horrible. Wish the laws had ben passed back then.

  • @JB-ry9wc
    @JB-ry9wc Рік тому +2

    Thank you for all that you do 🙏🙏

  • @Rosalieburke
    @Rosalieburke 4 місяці тому +1

    It blows my mind that people care wither someone ELSE wants to end their own life?? (When they have terminal illness)

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      It’s because death with “dignity is done by drowning a person:
      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

    • @Rosalieburke
      @Rosalieburke Місяць тому

      @@gracegiven8875 it’s just not true haha. Where are you getting your info? Research? Research shows it’s a fairly quick death. No one can ever know exactly what’s going on but mentally you’re not there when you’re dying. I would still rather die that way then a slow painful death from a disease

  • @Cattttt802
    @Cattttt802 11 місяців тому

    Has anyone reported have any visitations prior to death with dignity?

  • @kristenadams2984
    @kristenadams2984 Рік тому +3

    Have you addressed VSED?

  • @lindaowens65
    @lindaowens65 Рік тому +1

    I had a friend with brain cancer who was in horrible pain and vomiting for months because he believed he would go to hell if he did this. I personally will end my life if I'm suffering, your loved ones watching you die such a painfull death suffer too.

  • @maggiezemanek9656
    @maggiezemanek9656 Рік тому +3

    What about people paralyzed from the neck down? I think if they want to end their life with this program, they should be able to!!

  • @fionasmall4384
    @fionasmall4384 Рік тому +1

    We’ve been trying to get this law through parliament here in Scotland but it once again it’s failed 😢

  • @DriftyAlison0
    @DriftyAlison0 Рік тому +4

    As a Christian I won't be doing it since I feel that I would be playing God. However, if the person is terminally ill and its their choice then I say go for it. I am pro death with dignity even if I will never do it.

  • @NJmommykyldyl
    @NJmommykyldyl Рік тому +17

    Severe untreatable mental illness is extremely cruel to make someone live with as well. Sad.

    • @kathydavenport4422
      @kathydavenport4422 Рік тому

      Thank you I have several mental issues and for many years I wanted to die it was horrible I now have meds to help take the edge off but at one time it was a different story

    • @TheTuesday11
      @TheTuesday11 Рік тому

      @@kathydavenport4422I hope it’s ok to ask you some questions. If you’re not comfortable answering them that’s ok too.
      I would like to know, now that you have medications to take the edge off, are you glad you didn’t end your life while you were suffering? If you knew back then what you know now would you have wanted to die?
      Again, no pressure to answer. I’m just in a similar situation and would like input from someone who has been here and made it through. 💕

    • @margodphd
      @margodphd Рік тому

      ​@@TheTuesday11 It's been over a year since I tried to take my own life - six months since I've started to walk again, a little less - talk. I'm in " remission" of depression - something I've known for most of my adult life. If it's something similar to Your experience and You want to ask something of someone who was by all purposes an open eyes corpse (GCSE of 3, brain infarction...etc) and is now "well" - don't hesitate.

    • @tommygirl6659
      @tommygirl6659 11 місяців тому

      Hopefully in march of 2024, it will be legal for those with untreatable mental illness to request, and receive MAiD (medical assistance in dying)

    • @NJmommykyldyl
      @NJmommykyldyl 11 місяців тому

      @@tommygirl6659 can you explain, if you don't mind?

  • @Linda-eg3wo
    @Linda-eg3wo Рік тому +1

    What do I need to do?

  • @hl8333
    @hl8333 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for your candid thoughts; I'm sure that the patient, her family and friends welcomed you in being there for her.

  • @dburch7894
    @dburch7894 11 місяців тому

    Husband is in ESLD that effects the cognitive processes as well as ascites and varacies. He has been on Hospice comfort care for two months.
    Death With Dignity is something I’ll be looking into.

  • @namastenurse
    @namastenurse Рік тому +2

    I watched a documentary about a women who traveled to another country (not Canada) where requirements were a bit more loose in terms of time left to live. You just needed the medical to document your condition and pass the psychological exam. The self admin requirements are the same and it appears to be a similar barbiturate type drug and dosing route.

    • @gracegiven8875
      @gracegiven8875 Місяць тому

      The person is given a paralytic so you don't see that they are drowning in their own fluids.
      From the outside it looks peaceful but they drown to death while you sit there watching and you will never know if it was horrific inside their mind and they can't tell you.

  • @danielscuiry2847
    @danielscuiry2847 Рік тому +1

    I see no point in forcing terminally ill people to stay alive at all cost until the end.
    I don’t know if I would want it but this is a personal choice and should be available to everyone.