Julie Cinanni witnessed the devastating effects of dementia on both her mother and aunt, enduring years of watching them decline and lose their quality of life. Now, she advocates for expanding Western Australia's voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws to include dementia patients, arguing that it would provide them with a dignified end-of-life choice.
Julie Cinanni watched both her mother and aunt succumb to the cruelty of dementia over 34 years. “Both Lorna and my mum existed for far longer than they wanted to. It wasn’t a life,” the South Perth woman said.
Perth woman calls for overhaul of WA’s VAD laws Her mother Jean was diagnosed with early onset dementia at 59 years old. Julie was just 24 when Jean rapidly declined over 18 months. “She pretty much got to a point where she was immobile, put in a princess chair…she lost speech… couldn’t recognise us.” “I had young children, she couldn’t respond to them. She needed care with everything eventually. She pretty much spent seven years in that state.
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