[WSBAPT] Fwd: Estate Planning Question

[Kim Sandher]

Hello All,

I have a client that I'm drafting estate planning documents for. She wants
to use the Death with Dignity Act in the event that she has dementia or
Alzheimer's. It is my understanding that the Act wouldn't allow for this.

According to the Death with Dignity Act, only a mentally competent,
terminally ill patient with less than six months to live can request lethal
doses of medication. Under this act, persons with dementia do not qualify
for the act because they are considered mentally incompetent.

Is there any way for someone to assign the duty of requesting life-ending
medication to someone else in the event that they suffer from dementia? For
example through a power of attorney or directive to physician document?

Thanks in advance,
Kim




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