Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes. Thank you for that question. I think people with dementia suffer if they're treated badly. It's like everyone. If you're badly treated, you suffer, and if you are cared for, surrounded by affection and surrounded by everything you need, then generally you don't. There are s

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You're informed, theoretically, about what the experience of dementia might be to you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That is already legal, for one thing. It's not what we're talking about here, I don't think, but—

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  But the waiver of consent is already in the law. You cannot—

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes. I understand. That's what I'm talking about too.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, I'd be happy to elaborate. Obviously, that has not happened because advance requests are not legal in our country, but there are documents that delegate decision-making authority to another person, and I've frequently been to court with families squabbling over who has auth

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Are you asking specifically about elder abuse?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I think I couldn't say it better than what Professor Lemmens said in the last hour about how in the Netherlands, for example, the popularity of advance requests is going down—not up—because of all of the hazards, problems and examples of the lack of safety that are being demonstr

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you for that question. I'm happy to address it through the chair. I've heard a lot in the last hour about how to prepare people to sign advance requests, but in my view, and in the view of the medical literature on advance care planning, it is still not adequate consent, b

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and Mr. Chair. I'm happy to be here. I've been a physician in the division of geriatric medicine at the McGill University Health Centre since 1984. My practice is focused on patients with dementia. I'm an expert in decision-making capacity asses