Mrs P’s children had found themselves in a legal battle with her three sisters. The 72-year-old woman went into a minimally conscious state after suffering a fall last November. A year ago Mrs P, who lives in north-west England, was a keen public speaker, churchgoer and campaigner. The court heard how she emailed one of her daughters in May 2013 about a television programme she had seen on dementia. Turning to the subject of the boy’s grandmother, he said: “I have come to the conclusion that Mrs P would have found her present circumstances not only intolerable but humiliating.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 19:23 UTC