I see. Thank you Shanさん. Your comment sounds very impressive. Hm.. maybe I can't accept my death even I know my fate. Do you think that custom would continue in the future?

It sounds cruel...but, in India (at least in the province of Bengal) it existed in a slightly different form. It's said that the elderly and sick people could predict their death in advance. Once they knew that death is imminent, they would ask the other family members to carry them to the holy river, "The Ganges", and forsake them on it's desolate bank. Their families would volunteer and leave them (still alive) starving beside the water..... there, after a week or so, these people would die or washed away and drowned by high tides. .... it was a very common practice, especially among the poor and superstitious people as late as late 20th Century. India has always been a land of bizarre superstitious rituals. Even to this day, it exists in remote corners of the country.^^

What do you think about this obasute-phenomenon? :( How about your country? Is there any way for elder to live independent with dignity, do you think?