Decision to Stop Eating and DrinkingDecision to Stop Eating and Drinking
Understanding and explaining this option to your client.
Just imagine. Your client is diagnosed with an irreversible medical condition, perhaps the early or middle stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). They understand what their future is likely to be. Their physician will tell them about treatments that may slow the progression but won’t stop nor reverse progression.
What should your client do? The presumption is that they’ll stay the course, do their best and receive support from their family and medical team. But what if this future, a future replete with dependence on others, loss of self and financial stress, isn’t acceptable to your client?
If you’re advising a client about this, do you have a comfortable understanding of such medical conditions? Should you point out the option to voluntaril...
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