One Day Your Mind May Fade. At Least You’ll Have a Plan
From The New York Times website
When Ann Vandervelde visited her primary care doctor in August, he had something new to show her.
Dr. Barak Gaster, an internist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, had spent three years working with specialists in geriatrics, neurology, palliative care and psychiatry to come up with a five-page document that he calls a dementia-specific advance directive.
In simple language, it maps out the effects of mild, moderate and severe dementia, and asks patients to specify which medical interventions they would want — and not want — at each phase of the illness.
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