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Award-winning author Jackie French recounts instances of a lack of care in nursing homes.
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00:00It's euthanasia by another name, it's murder by another name, and if it's giggle, and it's increasing.
00:1340% of inhabitants in nociferms are malnourished, yet cared like having their nappies changed,
00:23don't have their teeth brushed, and so their teeth crumble. They are often, or even usually, heavily sedated,
00:31so they need less care. The solution to this, and look, I can hardly believe I am saying that,
00:39increasingly, the next of kin are offered a kind death, increased sedation, and no fluids,
00:48so that they are able to die of thirst within three or four days.
00:54That's not their choice. They're not asked.
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