Facing early onset Alzheimer’s, a Quebec woman fights for a good death
Facing early onset Alzheimer’s, a Quebec woman fights for a good death

Facing early onset Alzheimer’s, a Quebec woman fights for a good death

Maria Nsue

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Sandra Demontigny is 43 years old and has early onset Alzheimer’s. She watched her father and grandmother suffer with the same disease, and wants to one day access medical assistance in dying. To do that, she has been pushing the Quebec government to allow advanced consent for people with forms of neurocognitive impairment. Matt Galloway talks to Demontigny about her fight for a good death; and also speaks with Dr. Judes Poirier, deputy director of the Centre for the Studies on the Prevention of Alzheimer’s at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal.

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