Age can be a burden

As a person now aged 78, I cringe at the thought of physical or mental incapacity requiring me to go into aged care in a residential facility.

I have read too many chilling accounts of what can and often does go wrong.

The Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care was a real eye-opener for me.

Should I decline to become dependent on others, particularly in an institutionalised situation, and having lived what I hope has been a complete and fruitful life, I want to be able to opt-out.

That is why entitlement to Voluntary Assisted Dying is so essential. The alternatives are not at all palatable.