Despite Advance Directive, Dementia Patient Denied Last Wish, Says Spouse [CaliforniaHealthLine.org]
Bill Harris is blunt: For more than a year, he has been trying to help his wife die. The 75-year-old retired tech worker says it’s his duty to Nora Harris, his spouse of nearly four decades, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2009. “Let me be honest: Yes. It’s what she wanted,” he said. “I want her to pass. I want her to end her suffering.” Nora Harris, 64, a former librarian, signed an advance directive after her diagnosis to prevent her life from being prolonged when...