Except the sad tale is missing a big chunk.  No way did the gentleman's wife, in a period of two weeks, go from being able to provide care to not.  The only way to get into LTC in many areas is to be in a hospital.  If you are at home, they rub their hands and go, gee home-care is so great, it only costs the province $45 a day.  Jane Philpott says so.   Never mind that spouses die early from trying to look after a person in a wheelchair with a serious illness.  In my town, the new hospital build an entire bed-blocker wing that looks like a nursing home with its own dining room and outside space.   

There's no virtue in living too long.  Stop getting treatments after a certain age.  My Alzheimer's and stroke neighbour is going through radiation treatment for cancer.  Who the heck suggests that that's a good idea?  Like the person above me said, 25 years old, mentally ill, on street drugs - no help for you.