Resources: Two websites – one new, one updated

…sy, with Clair Lewis currently listed as the sole other contributor on the site. The site covers a range of subjects – media, elder care, eugenics, euthanasia – to name a few. Here’s a brief description of the of the site from the source: Better Off Alive is a community for people who have been denied wanted health care or who have been encouraged to hasten their own deaths because they live with disabilities or chronic medical circumstances. Our…

NDY and Center for Disability Rights Comment Letter to New York Medicaid Opposing “Conversation Ready” Project As a Way to Save Money

…n-making process designed to steer people away from receiving care. The website, found at www.theconversationproject.org, reads in part: You’ll see that this isn’t really about dying—it’s about figuring out how you want to live, till the very end. “What matters to me is _____.” Think about the things that are most important to you. What do you value most? What can you not imagine living without? Now finish this sentence: “What matters to me at the…

Not Dead Yet, et al. v. Andrew Cuomo, Governor, et al. Class Action Complaint

…e 1:20-cv-04819 Document 1 Filed 10/07/20 Page 7 of 28 PageID #: 7 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/who-gets-a-ventilator (last visited Oct. 6, 2020). Ventilator Allocation Protocol 37. The Guidelines set forth a process for an acute medical facility to follow to determine who will receive a ventilator when there is a shortage of ventilators in the facility. Guidelines at 3. 38. Under the Guidelines, a patient’s physician does not det…

Montana: Diane Coleman Letter on Elder Abuse and Assisted Suicide Published in Missoulian

…formation about problems with legalization of assisted suicide, please see www.notdeadyet.org and www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org. Diane Coleman, President/CEO, Not Dead Yet, Rochester, New York (note – URL in text above is different than the one that originally appeared in the letter. The Elder Abuse Daily site seems to be defunct – sadly, organizations that concern themselves with reporting and preventing elder abuse have a harder time f…

NDY President Diane Coleman in DC with ADAPT! (Fighting for Medicaid)

…through Thursday morning. We plan to kick some butt. Photos live from the site will also be posted via Twitter. And of course, daily reports are available from the ADAPT Action Report compiled by Tim Wheat of Boulder ADAPT, which can be found at http://www.adapt.org/freeourpeople/2012/. Daily reports are often posted very late at night or in the mornings and they have some good eyewitness reports. BE ON THE LOOKOUT for Twitter or Facebook message…