[giantg2]

"I think society's response shouldn't be to stop him from killing himself, but improving his living conditions."

I don't think the article is opposed to this. It sounds like the care home was violating their existing duty of care in not proving a clean living environment. I mean, who isn't going to want to kill themself when the people paid to take care of you and are legally obligated to take care of you let you live in sewage and you have no where else to go with nobody looking out for your best interest. So you aren't making the decision to kill yourself based on your medical condition but rather on the illegal level of care the facility is providing.

Although based on your statement about consenting to die, I could see that if you believe people should be allowed to consent to die without a terminal illness. For example, someone if someone is simply poor but is in good health. Although society has generally frowned on that so far.