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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>What provision of the Act says a person with Alzheimer’s is not considered mentally competent?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>People with dementia or Alzheimer’s can live for many years, so they are not terminally ill. You are correct that the act only applies to terminally ill patients.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The Act does not permit a patient to delegate the decision or the act of administration of the drug. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Rod Harmon</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>RODNEY T. HARMON</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'> Attorney at Law</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> P.O. Box 1066</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Bothell, WA 98041</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Tel: (425) 402-7800</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Fax: (425) 458-9096</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.rodharmon.com"><font color="#0563c1"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.rodharmon.com</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:rodharmon@msn.com"><font color="#0563c1"><span style='color:#0563C1'>rodharmon@msn.com</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kim Sandher<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 5, 2016 1:50 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSBARP] Estate Planning Question<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kim<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#073763" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#073763;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0ByqEzXQmILJQUFdhZDdzUmo1LXc&revid=0ByqEzXQmILJQencrVC9WaVZlYytnUjRrUjdwMFQ5cmlZL2xjPQ"></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color="#073763" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#073763;font-weight:bold'>2411 Fourteenth Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Phone: <a href="tel:2067218880" target="_blank">206.721.8880</a></span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:bold'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>| Fax: <a href="tel:206.721.9220" target="_blank">206.721.9220</a> |</span></font><font color="#f1c232"><span style='color:#F1C232'> </span></font></span></font><a href="http://www.raoandpierce.com/" target="_blank"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>www.raoandpierce.com</span></font></a></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>