The patient was treated for depression, assessed for dementia, and discharged to assisted accommodation.
The official position is that the Church of England remains firmly opposed to assisted dying.
In July doctors at the British Medical Association stuck by their opposition to assisted suicide.
"Here I can step from independent living to assisted living to the nursing home," she said.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and Royal College of GPs (RCGP) are both opposed to assisted dying.
Ashton's intervention is particularly important because many supposedly representative medical bodies have a stance of opposition to assisted dying.
And yesterday, the author Terry Pratchett gave a speech calling for a new approach to assisted death.
Many older residents, including some of the last Czech speakers, have moved to the suburbs or to assisted living homes.
Legally this wasn't about the "right to die", a phrase more often used when people fight court battles to win the right to assisted dying.
In July doctors at the British Medical Association stuck by their opposition to assisted suicide, having briefly adopted a neutral stance several years ago.
The mom in question adapted beautifully to assisted living and made many new friends.
