"DYING WITH DIGNITY"

Program Description

‘Dying With Dignity’ provides:

• End of life information, options and stresses the importance of advance care planning.
• End of life rights and advocacy.
• End of life care support.
• Information about the choice in dying movement, and the reasons why appropriately regulated medically assisted dying should be legalized in Canada.

‘Dying With Dignity’ provides programs in the following areas:

Expanding End-of-Life Choice:

• Presentations about Expanding End-of-Life Choices -providing education about the reasons why end of life choice should be legalized in Canada.
• Educating Government Officials - to educate elected officials about the risks and benefits of medically assisted dying.
• Undertaking Allowed Political Activity- spend resources on allowed political activities.
• Providing Resources and Support for Court Challenges.

General End of Life Programs:

• Media Relations -press releases and responses to ongoing end of life issues.
• Speaker and Ambassador Training Sessions - intensive training sessions twice a year.
• Book and Video Library - information and resources on end-of-life choice and assisted dying in Canada.
• Website, Blog and Social Media - information on advance care planning, patient rights and the reasons why Canada needs to expand end-of-life choices.
• Newsletter -A quarterly publication. Presentations about Advance Care Planning and Patient Rights.
• Education about patient rights and the importance of advance care planning.

Improving the Quality of Dying:

• Presentations about Advance Care Planning & Patient Rights and Distribution of Advance Care Planning Kits.
• Client Support Program - one-on-one counseling to provide objective information about advance care planning, end-of-life options and patient rights.
• Bedside Support –when a client has made the decision to end their life, if requested, Dying With Dignity can be present to provide information and emotional support to the individual and their family.
• Patient Advocacy.

The following organizations engage in work similar to ‘Dying With Dignity’ in regards to the right to die in Canada:

·  AQDMD
·  BC Civil Liberties Association
·  Dying With Dignity Canada
·  Farewell Foundation for the Right to Die
·  Right to Die Society of Canada
source:dyingwithdignity.ca

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