For sevreal days now, since I first heard the news, I can't stop thinking of the death of 87 year old Lorraine Bayless who was denied CPR by a staffer at the Glenwood Gardens residence facility. This was in spite of desparate pleas from the 911 dispatcher.
I can hardly believe this happened. How could someone not only refuse to administer cpr but basically keep anyone else from helping as well? In my opinion it was totally heartless.
The family says it was her wish to "die naturally". First of all, there was NO DNR order on file according to all reports I've read. If this really was her wish, why wasn't there such an order? I would think that would have been one of the first things done on admission. And did she really want to die collapsed on the floor with someone diverting all possibility of timely help? It just doesn't seem right to me.
And of course we must not lose the big issue. That is, this should NOT happen again. We need to make sure our elder facilities have decent policies and treat residents very well.
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