Nursing staff who stop feeding woman risk charges: lawyer

November 20, 2013

The family filed suit against operators of the nursing home (Maplewood Seniors Care Society), Fraser Health Authority and the government. A three-day trial has been set for the middle of December. Bentley’s living will, drafted, signed and witnessed in 1991 – almost a decade before she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – states that she does not want “nourishment or liquids” if she suffers from an incurable disease. (Vancouver Sun)