Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Yes, that is correct. If you look at Alzheimer's disease and dementia, the progress of the disease can happen over a long period of time. It can be 10 years or more. It's that there is usually a substitute decision-maker who has to understand the values and the beliefs and the ph

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  We're just saying that because of the needs this group of individuals has and because of the nature of dementia and Alzheimer's, all these issues need to be considered in the work you're doing in creating the framework for the legislation.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  No, we do believe that the advance directive is appropriate for the substitute decision-maker. I think what we're saying is that with dementia it's very complex, only because the disease happens and progresses over a long period of time, and the context may be different during th

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I think we're saying that this issue is a very complex one. It's important to express one's values and beliefs to family members at a time when one can. I think we're saying that physician-assisted dying is a very difficult issue in terms of context and the timing of such consent

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you very much. I would like to introduce Debbie Benczkowski, who is with me. She's the chief operating officer of the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Good afternoon, joint chairs Senator Ogilvie and member of Parliament Oliphant, and to all the members of this special joint