Thanks so much for sharing that resource, your process and thoughts. I hope that one day planning like yours will be commonplace.

Thank you for your comment, Debra. I have done a lot of pre-incapacity planning: discussions with my family, including my adult children, as well as with my lawyer. I have prepared what I jokingly call the world’s longest power of attorney for personal care, setting out the many situations in which I do not want medical intervention, so both those making these decisions and the medical professionals who may be caring for me will know my wishes.

I also prepared an Advance Directive stating that, even if I am incompetent later, I want my wish for MAID, consented to, now, when I am competent, to be respected. Of course, the law has to change before this Advance Directive could be acted on, but I wanted to put it all in writing now, while I am fully competent.

In all of this, I have found the materials and resources produced by Dying with Dignity (https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/) to be extremely helpful.