Yup they should.

Fortunately my dad did. He hated being in hospital, he even ended up getting a mental stalker who kept asking when he was going to die and if he could go to his funeral.

You don't need that sh|t.

I agree. It can be easier on the person involved. It does mean extra paperwork for the health authority. Any death other than those overseen by a doctor require a post-mortem. Though will the numbers increase anyway as a result of cuts to frontline services?

I should be allowed to kill my family in my home

Cause of death, played too many Westlife records!

I'm in two minds, it is better for the person about to pop their clogs, but it isn't so nice for the family, at least after the fact...

I really don't know what I would do, for the family, I'd probably stay in hospital and leave it up to paid professionals to clear up afterwards and let my family grieve in peace...

My mother went into a hospice for the last 18 hours.

+1

+2 I think though for the family who have to live their they might have memories which they may wish they did not have there, so maybe a hospital or hospice is the better option.

Personally, I found it much better to have my dad die in his house than in hospital. Much easier to come to terms with it although it was odd going into his bedroom the following day. He hated the hospital.

I don't think it's easy to grieve in a hospital. As for professionals, well, the Macmillan nurses dealt with everything, I don't know how they do it TBH, and the doctor does come round eventually.

If it was his house then home would be a better option. It does depend on who else normally lives there.

It depends on the death. Death can be incredibly ugly.

Of course, we all want to die peacefully in our sleep. The very nice man in the ambulance will take us away in the morning, and it's all very civilised.

If I was dying of a painful disease, convulsing and screaming in pain, soiling myself, swearing demented bad-mouthed thoughtless torrents of insults, then I'd rather have a different option entirely.

In all likelihood, unless I crash the car then I'll die of cancer. My mother has it yet again, and I've smoked for 30 years. I expect to pass away in a hospital bed on high dosage pain killers, which is far easier on my loved ones than making them suffer the horrors of my last days or months trying to feed my ungrateful face and scraping the sh!t out of my bed.

When it comes to my parents, I really can't bare to think about it. I'll deal with it when I have to. Until then, I'm just happy to have them around.

Yes far too many variables to consider. Messy (hospital) peaceful (at home) painful (hospital with loads of drugs) Though I think this might all be a cost saving exercise. It does need thinking about at some point.

I plan on dying at home. There's no way I'll let them force me into selling my house to pay for a care home.
I'll be a stubborn old bugger and refuse to go.

My Grampy died in a care home while giving my Nan some respite.
If he had died in their flat then I'm sure my Nan may not have felt comfortable in the flat for some while after...

Talking to my Nan the other day, she was saying how her next door neighbour had died. Nobody had seen him for some time, and the cleaner went into his flat after knocking for several minutes. She found him dead, slumped against the wall while still sitting on the loo. This was an old man in sheltered accommodation where this thing happens from time to time. But imagine if that was a 40 year old husband and father who had been suffering for a while and had refused to go into hospital. Not a nice sight for a wife or some kids...

Where would I like to die? To be honest, at the age of 22 I still hate the thought of dying.

You shouldn't be in pain. Things can be set up so in your last few days, you have a syringe driver. This is loaded with morphine to ease pain, and other meds to reduce secretions (so you don't get that rattly, scary breathing), a mild sedative (so you are not writhing around) and may have an anti-sickness (to avoid the nausea and vomiting side-effects of the above meds).