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The Right to Die with Dignity
Victor Tse AccS(Com), principal solicitor and mediator at Victor Tse & Associates, has published an article on Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria in the March

Dementia: Eligibility for Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australia and New Zealand
Currently, dementia is not included in Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation. In a survey conducted by Dying With Dignity Victoria, 76% of survey respondents agreed

Residential Aged Care Providers and VAD Requests: Fact Sheet
Critical information for all those living in, or intending to move into, residential aged care. A wonderful fact sheet has been released outlining the responsibilities

Residency Requirements and Assisted Dying – What Needs To Change?
This morning, Keane Bourke wrote about how residency requirements in assisted-dying laws, initially meant to prevent ‘death tourism’, are affecting people like Marion. The article

DWDV turns 50 and calls for changes to VAD legislation
On our 50th anniversary, Dying With Dignity Victoria published a media release to call for a significant number of changes to Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying

Eve Crotty, Young Ambassador
For many years, I served as my mother’s carer as her health increasingly worsened and became more complex. She was diagnosed with ESKD (End Stage