Dr. Nurse Nancy discusses some concerns she has encountered as she has gone about her nursing duties caring for hospice patients and residents of Assisted Living Facilities. Judith Schwarz (RN, MSN, Ph.D.), Clinical Director for End of Life Choices New York, provides information on Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a way mentally competent adults can hasten their own death. For more information listeners can link to her presentation, “Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED): An Overview,“ or refer to the book Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking. In addition, listeners can link to, print and complete an Advance Directive for Receiving Oral Food and Fluids in Dementia. This episode also features a presentation by Alicia Garza entitled “Caregivers Are the Backbone of Our Society” delivered for EndWell.