We had quite a stark presentation the other day about the last year of life of someone with dementia. It's probably in all our minds.
We were asked to think about how we would feel with a family who had dementia, or even ourselves, and would we want to ensure that we wouldn't have to endure this terribly stark picture of the last year of life with the privilege of being able to say in advance with an advance directive while we were still competent that we wouldn't want to and that in fact, someone might end their life far earlier while they were still competent if they didn't have the assurance that they'd be able to provide an advance directive.