[WSBAPT] Fwd: Estate Planning Question

[Kim Sandher]

Thank you!


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On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:57 PM, John J. Sullivan <sullaw at comcast.net> wrote:

> No. The patient cannot utilize assisted suicide by advance directive. He
> or she must possess legal capacity.
>
> John Sullivan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 2:06 PM, Kim Sandher <kim at raoandpierce.com> wrote:
>
> 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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