“End of Life Washington” Promotes Directive to Prevent Feeding Assistance to Those with Dementia

March 6, 2018dementia, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, spoon-feeding, starvationdementia, EOLWA, spoon-feedingStephen Drake

(The following continues coverage and discussion of an initiative regarding efforts to let dementia patients “refuse” assistance to eat. We discussed this in November 2017. You can check out that blog post here.) Journalist Mike Bassett has a new online article out in Today’s Geriatric Medicine. It involves the latest initiative from “End of Life … Continue reading “End of Life Washington” Promotes Directive to Prevent Feeding Assistance to Those with Dementia →

WA, USA: Assisted Suicide Advocates Push Documents for People with Dementia to “Refuse” Spoon-Feeding

November 4, 2017advance directives, assisted suicide, Our News & Commentary Blog, spoon-feeding, Washington stateadvance directives, assisted suicide, dementia, spoon-feeding, Washington stateStephen Drake

Below is an article published on Friday, 11/3/17 by Kaiser Health News. The original article can be found at https://khn.org/news/new-instructions-could-let-dementia-patients-refuse-spoon-feeding/ and is republished here, according to the guidelines of Kaiser Health News. A “right to die” organization based in Washington state is pushing a new advanced directive that would allow people with dementia to refuse to be … Continue reading WA, USA: Assisted Suicide Advocates Push Documents for People with Dementia to “Refuse” Spoon-Feeding →