“Aggressive’ advance directive would allow patients to decline food, water at end of dementia battle”

“’Aggressive’ advance directive would allow patients to decline food, water at end of dementia battle,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s LTC News

Quote:

“A New York group that supports aid-in-dying has approved a new document allowing patients to record in advance that they’ll want to stop eating and drinking if they develop severe dementia. … Now questions are swirling about the directive’s legal standing, and if it is determined legal after almost-certain court battles, whether private facilities would agree to accept it.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):  That’s one way to reduce long-term care.

Aggressive’ advance directive would allow patients to decline food, water at end of dementia battle

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