The inventor of the Sarco suicide pod is building a 'kill switch' implant which could allow dementia sufferers to seal the time of their death years in advance. Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial capsule ended an American woman's life in…
"Although voluntary assisted dying (VAD) will be legal in every Australian jurisdiction except the Northern Territory by the end of this year, it remains entirely off-limits for people with dementia." This is also the case in the United States. Click…
Daniel Kahneman was one of the world’s most influential thinkers—a psychologist at Princeton University, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and author of the international blockbuster “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” first published in 2011. He had spent his long career…
Inside Edition published an insightful report on a woman suffering with Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) and what happens between dementia and death. Don't miss the second part that begins after the advertisement. Click here to watch the report
By Anne M. Haule, Hemlock Society Member and VolunteerRecently I went to a movie theater and saw my first movie in over 14 months of pandemic. It was so exciting to be in an actual theater again instead watching films…
58 year old Kelly Bone, with early onset Alzheimer's, discusses her plans to go to a clinic for euthanasia. One of the requirements for all of the US medical aid in dying laws is mental capacity; Alzheimer's patients cannot use…
You may consider adding wording similar to the below to your advance directive ( you DO have one, right ?) if you are concerned about being kept alive with severe cognitive impairment. I am not afraid of death, which will…
The issue of advance directives for dementia is a hot topic in the right to die field. In the US there is little legal guidance on this issue. Ethicists argue whether it is ethical to honor these documents once a…
by Jim Demaine, Md, KevinMD.com, July 7, 2019 A call came about noon a few years ago that a patient I’ll call Stella was being admitted once again. She had come into the ER from her nursing home to receive…
Leading Britain's Conversation - July 2, 2019 Every 8 days a briton travels abroad for help to die. An interview with an early onset Alzheimer's patient and his plans to go to a Swiss clinic to end his life.
The story of a young professor who develops early onset Alzheimer's. What would you do? How would your family react? What if you could no longer keep your job? Would you try to take your life? How? How can you…
By Haider Javed Warraich, New York Times Nov. 24, 2015 Many late-stage dementia patients develop difficulties in swallowing and frequently aspirate food or other stomach contents into their lungs, developing pneumonia. "Study after study, however, has shown that tube feeding…
By Denise Ryan, Vancouver Sun Gillian Bennett's final words on her personal website make a passionate case for physician-assisted suicide. On Monday morning shortly before noon, Gillian Bennett dragged a foam mattress from her home on Bowen Island to one…
By Logan Jenkins, Union Tribune, Aug 5, 2014. And Response by Faye Girsh, Ed.D., President of the Hemlock Society of San Diego The first column I ever wrote for money was about my grandmother slipping away in the back bedroom…
By Katy Butler, New York Times Magazine, June 18, 2010 This article was an influential article and prompted two excellent books by Katy Butler, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, 2013 and The Art…