There are no statistics to my knowledge. Let's say that it's our joint experience, meaning the experience of virtually every doctor who provides medical assistance in dying.
The experience acquired is from being with patients who have received a diagnosis of a cognitive neurodegenerative disease, and with whom we proceed to medical assistance in dying after three months, six months or a year. They can obtain medical assistance in dying for as long as they are capable of deciding. When that point is reached, they lose months or years of life.
But the fact of knowing, particularly since March 2021, that they will not have to undergo this slow and painful process, gives them a form of serenity. I've seen patients arrive at the hospital to receive medical assistance in dying wearing a tie, holding flowers and smiling. All doctors who provide medical assistance in dying know about this experience with patients, by which I mean the knowledge that things will end calmly and serenely without any anxiety. There are also patients suffering from very recent illnesses, including cancer. As for Alzheimer's disease, we have all had this kind of experience.