Brantford Expositor
A policy on handling requests for medically assisted dying is being prepared for the John Noble Home.
The home’s committee of management this week got a staff report on the drafting of a formal policy on managing medical assistance in dying, or MAID, requests, which is now required in long-term care homes by federal law.
The draft could be presented to the committee for review as early as next month and will be referred to the city’s legal department for comment.
Jennifer Miller, administrator for the home for the aged on Mount Pleasant Street, said that, so far, there have been no MAID requests from residents. . . [Full text]