While the provinces squabble over whether the federal government should attach strings to health dollars, other countries have optimized a whole range of tools to help middle-aged people bear the financial and emotional burden of supporting a parent in his home.
Continue Reading → Francesca Grosso: Help those caring for mom and dad
Employees of the Centre d’hébergement Denis-Benjamin-Viger in Île-Bizard plan to stage a demonstration Monday outside the long-term-care facility to protest against staff cuts and building problems they say are significantly harming the quality of life of the elderly residents.
Continue Reading → Conditions criticized at care centre for the elderly in Île-Bizard
Vulnerable people need to be protected from being induced to seek assisted death as “shame relief,” a former Ontario Human Rights Commission chief commissioner told a conference on assisted dying in Ottawa on Saturday.
Continue Reading → Beware of assisted dying as ‘shame relief,’ former human rights commissioner says
A bill proposed in Washington D.C., modeled after Oregon’s assisted suicide law, would allow terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to obtain a life-ending drug to be ingested at home. It has faced some resistance.
Continue Reading → Veteran with Terminal Brain Cancer Explains Why He’s Against Assisted Suicide
On October 5th, the health committee of Washington DC’s state council will vote on a Dignity in Dying Act brought forward by one of its Democratic members. Like many proposed doctor-assisted-dying laws debated across America in the past year, it is modelled on that of Oregon.
Continue Reading → More states are considering laws granting the terminally ill the right to die