I know the story of both individuals very well.
Monsieur Truchon was living his life in the community, but he had a progressive disability. Based on the system they have in Quebec for supporting people with disabilities, he ended up institutionalized. He lived in an institution for five years, fought like heck to get out of that institution and couldn't. Finally he gave up and said, “If I have to live my life this way, I want to be able to choose death instead.” Those were the factors that led Monsieur Truchon to that decision.
Madame Gladu also had a progressive condition and knew or felt that when her condition got to a certain point, she too would be forced to leave her home and community and live in an institution. She didn't want to have to do that.
Those factors—