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Patient Choices Vermont joins "Here and Now" with host Robin Young on NPR

6/13/2025

 
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One of the questions many ask when learning that it's legal to travel to Vermont for medical aid in dying is, where do people stay?

The NPR program Here and Now had the same question and reached out to us for an interview. Our Executive Director, Amy Bruce was happy to join Robin Young along with a Vermont homeowner and family member of a MAID patient to discuss this sensitive topic. 
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"When they can’t die in their own home,
​some terminally ill patients are welcomed into someone else’s"
This segment aired on May 27, 2025.

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​If you are interested in learning more about hosting people in your home or vacation rental property, please reach out to us via email at [email protected]. We receive requests regularly from families who are searching for a safe and quiet place where their loved ones can spend their final days or hours. 

Vermont Advance Directive Week

4/16/2025

 

Springtime is slowly creeping into our Vermont landscape with the sun’s rays feeling stronger every day. It’s such a dynamic time of year which brings to mind the old adage, "The only constant in life is change."


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Death is Inevitable, Suffering may be Optional

4/14/2025

 
Death Differently and Porter Medical Center’s Palliative Care Department formerly led by Dr. Diana Barnard is pleased to co-sponsor the Vermont premiere screening of the documentary Other Side, directed by Heather Hogan and Carter Oakley. This important film will be screened at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Thursday, May 1, beginning at 5:30 PM.

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VPR Highlights Challenges for People Traveling to Vermont for Medical Aid in Dying

9/8/2024

 

​...and Porter Medical Center’s Grief Support Group

Three-quarters of Americans still do not have access to medical aid in dying (MAID) in their home states. As more people around the country learn about this option through media reporting, popular books and films, they are seeking access to aid in dying here in Vermont and in Oregon. We are the only two states that have amended our MAID laws to confirm that a person's state of residency should not stand in the way of their access to this healthcare service.

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Experience the Heartfelt Journey of Act 39; A Play That Challenges Perspectives on Life and Death

8/25/2024

 
Prepare to embark on a profound theatrical journey as the Highlands Center for the Arts (HCA) presents the highly anticipated tour of Rob Mermin’s original play, Act 39. Following its sold-out premiere run at Goddard’s Haybarn Theater in the summer of 2023, this poignant production will grace stages in Greensboro, Burlington, and Woodstock from August 29 to September 14, 2024.

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How about a night at the theater?

6/4/2023

 
​PCV co-sponsors Act 39​
How would you react when your dearest friend who is dying of cancer, decides to hasten death and asks you to be present at the end of their life?
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Act 39
Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
June 22 - July 2, 2023

A stage play by: Rob Mermin
Directed by: Monica Callan
Produced by and starring: Donny Osman
Associate Producer and co-star: J.T. Turner
with Maren Langdon Spillane and Dominic Spillane
Music by: Johnnie Day Durand


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Celebrating the Seventh Anniversary of Act 39

5/20/2020

 
Today we mark the seventh anniversary of Vermont’s End-of-Life Choice Law (Act 39). 
 
The signing ceremony was the culmination of many years of work.

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Medical Grand Rounds at UVM - February 28, 2020

4/10/2020

 
Diana Barnard MD and Jaina Clough MD spoke to a standing-room-only crowd on the topic of “Act 39, MAID in Vermont:  A Clinician Update” at UVM Medical Center’s Davis Auditorium on February 28. 2020.

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Your Options, Your Autonomy at End of Life, Feb 1

1/22/2020

 
We are pleased to share information with Vermonters in the Montpelier region at a free educational discussion about medical aid in dying co-hosted with Capital City Grange.

Betsy Walkerman, President of Patient Choices Vermont will present "Your Options, Your Autonomy at End of Life" from
5 - 6 PM on Saturday, February 1. Please join us at this informative opportunity.

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“Medical Aid in Dying; The story of one man’s choice” Jan 28 at UVM’s Medical Education Pavilion

12/27/2019

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Learn about Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) at a panel discussion at 5 PM on Tuesday, January 28 at the University of Vermont’s Medical Education Pavilion, Larner Classroom, Room 100. ​

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  • Home
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  • About Act 39
    • Text of Act 39
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    • How to Talk to Your Doctor About Act 39
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    • Guide to Medical Decision-Making
    • Guide to Advance Care Planning for Dementia
    • Wayfinders Network
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