Yes. It's entirely possible that you, as an individual—particularly as a dementing patient—might behave in a fashion where you might resist at the time of provision. You might be resisting all kinds of treatment at that point. That is a very difficult situation for a MAID provider to deal with. That's what they have told us. Those sorts of situations are extremely stressful. They're trying to figure out what the right thing to do is.
If it's explained to you, as an individual, that this sort of thing happens from time to time, you can say, “If I am resisting, I want you to go ahead.” That provides a degree of comfort. I don't think it provides 100% assurance that everything will go as you wish, but it provides a degree of comfort to the MAID provider—that they are doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right circumstance. There are a number of these kinds of things that go south, regularly, as people's dementia progresses. Families intervene in various ways that are problematic. There is even the situation discussed, here in the committee, of the happy demented patient.
If you delineate what you want done in those situations, you give clearer instructions to the MAID provider.