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When I was quite a bit younger I had a friend who was a nursing student. She had a part time job while going to school working the overnight shift in a nursing home. These were people literally dying of old age...just in beds waiting for death. One night I went on her rounds with her and the experience really opened my eyes about life and death.
She would turn them...most were under 90 pounds with open bed sores that she would change the dressing...just huge gaping holes with no skin of muscle actually from the pressure of their own bodies simply killing the flesh.
As I said, literally dieing of old age. Trust me when I say that quality of life rather than quantity of time is the most important factor.
Any of these would have been mercy killing to simply end suffering as none of these people had any quality of life left.
So my answer would be based on quality of life left. Simple as that.
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