She is almost blind, cannot walk and has no idea where she is. She is 93 and very frail and all alone. Her self dignity has gone and relies totally on nuring staff to look after her requirements. Her quality of life is zilch. When we visit her it is so sad as she howls and cries and it is so upsetting.
How I wished Assisted Suicide was allowed in this country (UK).
I think it's useful to distinguish the language used here. The Villan speaks in his last paragraph of "assisted suicide". Yet his previous paragraph indicates (to me, at least) that his mother is beyond making a valid (and perhaps ANY) choice in the matter of setting her time of death.
If I understand his mother's described condition correctly, I think what The Villan needs for his mother is euthanasia ("good death"), which implies that someone else makes the choice that the patient is unable to comprehend and decide, or perhaps is physically unable to carry out.
The rest of this post doesn't specifically apply to The Villan's problem, but rather to distinguishing the two concepts:
The two concepts carry markedly different ethical burdens. Provided the patient makes the choice in an informed manner on his/her own, I regard assisted suicide as a meritorious act.
Euthanasia, on the other hand, is a whole other ethical can of worms, potentially ranging from another meritorious, merciful act to what may be murder, governed by a host of factors.