Whenever i have spoken with folks facing the end of life for an aged person, or those who are expecting and not sure of the outcome i have always been very very careful: 1. Not my place to tell them what to do, NEVER to incur the risk of pushing a decision. 2. If anything, i do say, if you did everything you could up to their point of passing, be it a day or a year or even years from now, you KNOW in your heart that you have done all that you could. You will never be haunted by thoughts that you jumped the gun. 3. It's never about the money. We spend a helluva lotta money in MANY other places that are not about life/death issues. 4. It may mean more suffering for the loved one, but who am i to decide or push someone to end a life? Then, of course, there are the miracles of those who thrive and totally blow our assumptions out of the water. Let's look at those with Down's Syndrome. Never seen a more loving bunch. I sometimes think their mission is to express love in a loveless world. Logically, the above might seem to make sense. Spiritually, i know where i gotta stand. Mine is not the final word. Unless the person is on the trajectory to die a natural death and insanely heroic measures are used to keep the body alive that would since have departed, speaking for myself i would rather go "Home". But i can only say that for myself. I tell folks you find me dead or dying LEAVE ME ALONE. As for others, i will err on the side of preserving life.