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Suicide and Assisted Dying Centre for Policy on Ageing Information Service Selected Readings Assisted dying and suicide in older age May 2021 The Centre for Policy on Ageing’s selected readings are drawn from material held on the CPA Ageinfo database of ageing and older age. All items are held by the CPA library and information service, which is open to the public by appointment. Photocopies may be ordered where copyright laws permit. Centre for Policy on Ageing Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA Telephone +44 (0)20 7553 6500 Facsimile +44 (0)20 7553 6501 Email [email protected] Website www.cpa.org.uk 2020 Personality of late- and early-onset elderly suicide attempters; by Anna Szucs (et al).: Wiley, April 2020, pp 384-395. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 35, no 4, April 2020, pp 384-395. While suicidal behavior often manifests in adolescence and early adulthood, some people first attempt suicide in late life. A cross-sectional case-control study was conducted in older adults aged 50+ (mean: 65), divided into early- and late-onset attempters (age at first attempt aged 50 or less or over 50, mean: 31 vs 61), suicide ideators as well as non-suicidal depressed and healthy controls. Personality was assessed in terms of the five-factor model (FFM, n = 200) and five DSM personality disorders analysed on the trait level as continuous scores (PDs, n = 160). Given the starting hypothesis about late-onset attempters, the FFM dimension conscientiousness was further tested on the subcomponent level. All clinical groups displayed more maladaptive profiles than healthy subjects. Compared to depressed controls, higher neuroticism, and borderline traits characterized both suicide ideators and early-onset attempters, while only early-onset attempters further displayed lower extraversion and higher antisocial traits. Late-onset attempters were similar to depressed controls on most measures, but scored higher than them on orderliness, a conscientiousness subcomponent.While neuroticism, introversion, and cluster B traits are prominent in early-onset suicidal behaviour, late-onset cases generally lack these features. In contrast, higher levels of orderliness in late-onset suicidal behavior are compatible with the age-selective maladjustment hypothesis. ISSN: 08856230 From : http://www.orangejournal.org 2019 Comparing the attitudes of four groups of stakeholders from Quebec, Canada, toward extending medical aid in dying to incompetent patients with dementia; by Gina Bravo, Lise Trottier, Claudie Rodrigue (et al).: Wiley, July 2019, pp 1078-1086. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 34, no 7, July 2019, pp 1078-1086. The Canadian province of Quebec has recently legalised medical aid in dying (MAID) for competent patients who satisfy strictly defined criteria. The province is considering extending the practice to incompetent patients. In this study the authors compared the attitudes of four groups of stakeholders toward extending MAID to incompetent patients with dementia. The study conducted a province-wide postal survey in random samples of older adults, informal caregivers of persons with dementia, nurses and physicians caring for patients with dementia. Clinical vignettes featuring a patient with Alzheimer's disease were used to measure the acceptability of extending MAID to incompetent patients with dementia. Vignettes varied according to the stage of the disease (advanced or terminal) and type of request (written or oral only). The generalised estimating equation (GEE) approach was used to compare attitudes across groups and vignettes. Response rates ranged from 25% for physicians to 69% for informal caregivers. In all four groups the proportion of respondents who felt it was acceptable to extend MAID to an incompetent patient with dementia was highest when the patient was at the terminal stage, showed signs of distress and had written a MAID request prior to losing capacity. In those circumstances this proportion ranged from 71% among physicians to 91% among informal caregivers. Overall there was found to be high support in Quebec for extending the current MAID legislation to incompetent patients with dementia who had reached the terminal stage, appeared to be suffering and had requested MAID in writing while still competent. (JL) ISSN: 08856230 From : http://www.orangejournal.org Educational needs of healthcare professionals and members of the general public in Alberta, Canada, 2 years after the implementation of medical assistance in dying; by Donna M Wilson, Jean A C Triscott, Joachim Cohen, Rod MacLeod.: Wiley, September 2019, pp 1295-1302. Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 27, no 5, September 2019, pp 1295-1302. Medical assistance in dying (MAID) was implemented across Canada in 2016 after each province and territory had developed their own processes. Over the first 2 years, just under 300 Alberta citizens received MAID services, less than 0.5% of all 52,000 deceased persons. An online 2017-2018 survey of Alberta healthcare providers and members of the general public was conducted to assess and compare their knowledge of MAID. A devised brief survey tool was posted online, with broad-based advertising for voluntary participants. The survey was taken down after 282 Albertans had participated (100+ healthcare professionals and 100+ members of the general public), a non-representative sample. Through SPSS data analysis, educational needs were clearly evident as only 30.5% knew the correct approximate number of MAID deaths to date, 33.0% correctly identified the point in life when MAID can be done, 48.9% correctly identified the locations where MAID can be 1 performed, 49.3% correctly identified who can stop MAID from being carried out, and 52.8% correctly identified how MAID is performed to end life. Healthcare professionals were significantly more often correct, as were participants born in Canada, university degree holders, working persons, those who identified a religion, had experience with death and dying care, had direct prior experience with death hastening, thought adults had a right to request and receive MAID, had past experience with animal euthanasia, and had hospice/palliative education or work experience. Age, gender and having previously worked or lived in a country where assisted suicide or euthanasia was performed were not significant for educational needs. These findings indicate that new approaches to meet sudden assisted suicide educational needs are needed. (JL) ISSN: 09660410 From : http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hsc Elderly suicide in India; by Avanish Bhai Patel.: Emerald, 2019, pp 46-53. Working with Older People, vol 23, no 1, 2019, pp 46-53. Older people face many problems, suicide being one such in contemporary times. The problem of suicide among the elderly is one of them. This paper focuses on the cause of death due to suicide among plder people. It aims to examine the nature and problem of elderly suicide in Indian society, and to explore the factors affecting suicidal tendency among older people. Data were collected from two newspapers from January 2013 to April 2013. The content of news items was analysed using content analysis. The study finds that factors such as family problems, chronic diseases, poverty, lack of social status and bankruptcy give rise to suicidal ideation among older people. (RH) ISSN: 13663666 From : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop An evaluation of the Counselling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) training with an area agency on aging; by Karen Slovak, Natalie Pope, Jarod Giger, Athena Kheibari.: Taylor and Francis, January 2019, pp 48-66. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 62, no 1, January 2019, pp 48-66. Firearms are a significant risk factor in suicide, and older people are a disproportionately affected by this means of suicide. This study investigated the impact of Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) training with geriatric case managers at an Area Agency on Aging. A concurrent mixed methods approach was used to explore 1) geriatric case managers' attitudes, beliefs, and behavioural intentions about counselling on access to lethal means following CALM training; and 2) perceived barriers to assessing for suicidality and counselling clients on access to firearms. The CALM evaluation data was collected immediately post-test at CALM training, at three-month follow up. Results indicate that since CALM training, 38% of respondents reported that they had discussed reducing access to lethal means with clients and/or families. At three-month follow-up, data showed that most beliefs, attitudes and behavioural intentions about counselling clients and families on this topic had increased. Focus group findings indicated that training had a positive effect on participants' attitudes, beliefs, and behavioural intentions about counselling on access to lethal means. The findings offer additional evidence and implications for training of this type. (RH) ISSN: 01634372 From : http://www.tandfonline.com Older adults and violence: an analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England involving adults over 60 years of age; by Susan Mary Benbow, Sarmishtha Bhattacharyya, Paul Kingston.: Cambridge University Press, June 2019, pp 1097-1121. Ageing and Society, vol 39, no 6, June 2019, pp 1097-1121. Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) are conducted when an individual aged 16 or over appears to have died from violence, abuse or neglect by a person to whom they are related, or with whom they are in an intimate relationship, or who is a member of the same household. DHRs aim to identify lessons to be learned, to improve service responses to domestic abuse, and to contribute to prevention of domestic abuse and/or homicide. The authors submitted Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to English Local Authorities to identify DHRs where victim, perpetrator or both were aged over 60. Collected Reports and/or Executive Summaries were thematically analysed. Analysis identified four key themes in the context of the key relationship and caring: major mental illness of the perpetrator; drug and/or alcohol abuse; financial issues; and a history of domestic abuse in key or family relationships.
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