May 30, 2023
Don’t Die Because of Confusion About Your End-Of-Life Wishes (Episode #282)
In today’s archived episode Tom discusses a case in which a woman in a long-term care facility died because there was confusion about her end-of-life wishes as documented in her chart and her Living Will.
In today’s archived episode Tom discusses a case in which a woman in a long-term care facility died because there was confusion about her end-of-life wishes as documented in her chart and her Living Will.
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Well, good afternoon, Michiganders.
It is Tuesday, May thirtieth, twenty
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twenty three, and of course this
is Tuesday with Tom, Michigan's only weekly
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podcast where we answer your questions about
a state planning and a state settlement in
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00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.960
Michigan, and we don't send you
a bill. As always, I'm your
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host, Tom Doyle, a state
planning attorney, lifelong Michigan resident, and
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00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:02.679
the ambassador for all things good in
this G eight state of Michigan. Welcome
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to today's program, and welcome to
summer. Hopefully all of you had a
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good holiday weekend last week's episode.
If you are interested in farmland preservation keeping
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00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:27.799
farmland from being developed, I would
invite you to listen to last week's episode,
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00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:36.319
which was about using an agricultural conservation
easement to protect farmland from development.
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I had an interview with Kara O'Connor
from American Farmland Trust, and during that
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interview, Kara explained what an agricultural
easement is and how they are used to
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protect farmland from development. So,
whether you're a farmer who's interested in having
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his or her land and protected,
or you're just interested in how farmland can
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00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:10.639
be protected from development. I encourage
you to listen to last week's episode well
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today, reaching back long time ago, it seems to a previous episode in
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which I talked about don't die because
of confusion about your end of life wishes.
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But please remember what I'm about to
discuss during the program is, as
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always for educational purposes only. It
is not intended to be legal advice.
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As all weaks, you need to
work with your attorney to determine what is
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appropriate for you and your estate plan. Again, reaching back to a previous
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episode of the program, which was
about don't die because of confusion about your
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00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:15.439
end of life wishes? Program all
the way back from February two thousand and
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twenty. So here is the episode
in which I discussed that topic. Back
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00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:32.319
to today's topic, don't die because
of confusion about your end of life wishes.
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00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:38.319
And this topic I have to thank
our former secretary Becky, whom many
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of you know after leaving the office. One of the many jobs that Becky
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has as she reviews various decisions and
writes articles about those decisions, all involved
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in the healthcare industry. And so
today's topic is the result of a case
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that she had reviewed and shared information
with us and so what happens. So
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as part of your state plan,
you might have a power of attorney for
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healthcare, and certainly in our power
of attorneys for healthcare, as I have
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discussed in previous episodes, we include
end of life wishes. What do you
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want to have happen? For example, if you're in a permanent vegetative state,
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irreversible coma, etc. Other states
have a particular legal document that's called
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a living will, and essentially that
living will is a statement of your end
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of life wishes. So in this
particular case that Becky was looking at,
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a woman had been admitted to a
long term care facility and during the three
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weeks that she was there, she
had repeatedly stated, and it was noted
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in her chart in more than one
location, that she did want to be
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resuscitated if she stopped breathing or her
heart stopped beating. So in her case,
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she said to the facility, look, if something happens to me where
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I stopped breathing or my heart stopped
beating, yes, I do want you
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to call the code. Yes I
do want to be resuscitated. And again
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that was noted in several places in
her chart. Additionally, she did not
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have a D and iron place,
so she did not have it do not
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resuscitate order in place. So,
as far as all of the documentation at
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the facility was concerned, if something
happened to her where she stopped breathing or
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her heart stopped beating, she clearly
wanted everything to be done to try and
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save her life and to resuscitate her. Now. While she was at the
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facility, and I don't have the
particular details on how this came about,
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she signed a living will. Again, don't know where the living will came
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from, don't know why that was
all done, but apparently in the living
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will that she signed, she indicated
that she did not want life saving measures
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if she was in a terminal state
or in a permanent coma. So as
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far as the documentation in this living
will, I'm assuming it said something similar
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to what our language and our power
avertnity for healthcare if I'm in a permanent
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vegetative state or terminal state or permanent
coma, in those cases, I don't
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want life supporting measures. So if
you just stopped right there, you could
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ask herself, well, right,
So there's documentation at the long term care
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facility saying she wants to be resuscitated, and now there's a d n R
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giving some exceptions to apparently what she
had told the facility that she would want
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to have done. Sadly, a
nurse one day found this woman barely breathing.
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She was unresponsive, She had a
faint heart rate and shallow breaths,
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and the nurse could not detect any
blood pressure. What happened, the nurse
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did not attempt to resuscitate her once
she stopped breathing and she no longer had
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a pulse, and as a result, she died. And when this issue
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was brought about because the government got
involved in looking at the nursing home,
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the long term care facility argued that, hey, the living will was a
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legal document and it said do not
resuscitate her. Well, an administrative judge
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she reviewed it on behalf of the
government disagreed and essentially said, look,
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the living will said don't resuscitate me
only if I'm in a terminal state or
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a permanent coma, And she was
not in a terminal state or a permanent
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coma at the time the nurse found
her. And because in her chart she
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had clearly indicated that she would want
to be resuscitated if she stopped breathing or
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her heart stopped beating. In that
situation, the administrative judge disagreed with a
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long term care facility and concluded that
the long term care facility in fact should
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have resuscitators. So what's the message, what's the what's what is to be
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learned? Well, what's to be
learned I think from this situation is you
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need to make sure that you're on
the same page with whatever facility they're in
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about your end of life wishes and
how to handle what would appear to be
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conflicting documentation. It appeared that there
was a possible conflict in this case where
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in the documentation at the long term
care facility, she repeatedly indicated that she
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wanted the code called, that she
wanted to be resuscitated, yet she had
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a living will that appeared to make
some exceptions to that. If you're in
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a facility, if you're not able
to do make sure if family member makes
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make sure that there is consistency between
what you tell them, what you want
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there to be in your records regarding
calling a code or resuscitating you and what
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your legal documents say. And if
there appears to be a conflict, and
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in this case, quite frankly,
legally there wasn't. But you can't really
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necessarily express the nurse to be the
legal decision maker upon the difference. Make
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sure that if there appears to be
some conflict, or if you understand there's
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a conflict or a possibility that someone
might interpret or misinterpret what is that you
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want to be done. You need
to make sure that the facility understands what
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your wishes are, that those wishes
are documented, and that there is no
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room for confusion. Again, if
you can't do it, make sure that
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a loved one does that. Make
sure that the facility understands what in fact
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your wishes are. Because tragically,
for this woman, it was too late.
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Yes, the administrative law judge determined
that they shouldn't have listened to the
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living will because she was not an
a terminal state or a permanent coma.
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They should have revived her because that
was what she had said in her documentation
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at the long term care facility.
Yes, all of those things are determined
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by the administrative judge, but unfortunately
for her loved ones, the woman is
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still debt. Again, make sure
that your documentation is clear, and don't
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die because of some confusion about your
end of life wishes. Of course,
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Well, good afternoon, Michiganders.
It is Tuesday, May thirtieth, twenty
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twenty three, and of course this
is Tuesday with Tom, Michigan's only weekly
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00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:48.719
podcast where we answer your questions about
a state planning and a state settlement in
4
00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.960
Michigan, and we don't send you
a bill. As always, I'm your
5
00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.640
host, Tom Doyle, a state
planning attorney, lifelong Michigan resident, and
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00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:02.679
the ambassador for all things good in
this G eight state of Michigan. Welcome
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00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:10.239
to today's program, and welcome to
summer. Hopefully all of you had a
8
00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:23.079
good holiday weekend last week's episode.
If you are interested in farmland preservation keeping
9
00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:27.799
farmland from being developed, I would
invite you to listen to last week's episode,
10
00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:36.319
which was about using an agricultural conservation
easement to protect farmland from development.
11
00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:42.439
I had an interview with Kara O'Connor
from American Farmland Trust, and during that
12
00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:51.359
interview, Kara explained what an agricultural
easement is and how they are used to
13
00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:57.760
protect farmland from development. So,
whether you're a farmer who's interested in having
14
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.920
his or her land and protected,
or you're just interested in how farmland can
15
00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:10.639
be protected from development. I encourage
you to listen to last week's episode well
16
00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:20.919
today, reaching back long time ago, it seems to a previous episode in
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00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:28.120
which I talked about don't die because
of confusion about your end of life wishes.
18
00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.639
But please remember what I'm about to
discuss during the program is, as
19
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:39.159
always for educational purposes only. It
is not intended to be legal advice.
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00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:45.000
As all weaks, you need to
work with your attorney to determine what is
21
00:02:45.039 --> 00:03:00.879
appropriate for you and your estate plan. Again, reaching back to a previous
22
00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:07.520
episode of the program, which was
about don't die because of confusion about your
23
00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:15.439
end of life wishes? Program all
the way back from February two thousand and
24
00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:25.439
twenty. So here is the episode
in which I discussed that topic. Back
25
00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:32.319
to today's topic, don't die because
of confusion about your end of life wishes.
26
00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:38.319
And this topic I have to thank
our former secretary Becky, whom many
27
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:45.919
of you know after leaving the office. One of the many jobs that Becky
28
00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:54.199
has as she reviews various decisions and
writes articles about those decisions, all involved
29
00:03:54.800 --> 00:04:00.800
in the healthcare industry. And so
today's topic is the result of a case
30
00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:08.479
that she had reviewed and shared information
with us and so what happens. So
31
00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:13.560
as part of your state plan,
you might have a power of attorney for
32
00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:18.040
healthcare, and certainly in our power
of attorneys for healthcare, as I have
33
00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:25.680
discussed in previous episodes, we include
end of life wishes. What do you
34
00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:30.560
want to have happen? For example, if you're in a permanent vegetative state,
35
00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:36.120
irreversible coma, etc. Other states
have a particular legal document that's called
36
00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:44.199
a living will, and essentially that
living will is a statement of your end
37
00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.680
of life wishes. So in this
particular case that Becky was looking at,
38
00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:57.399
a woman had been admitted to a
long term care facility and during the three
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00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:04.480
weeks that she was there, she
had repeatedly stated, and it was noted
40
00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:12.040
in her chart in more than one
location, that she did want to be
41
00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:17.199
resuscitated if she stopped breathing or her
heart stopped beating. So in her case,
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00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:23.639
she said to the facility, look, if something happens to me where
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00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.839
I stopped breathing or my heart stopped
beating, yes, I do want you
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00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:34.279
to call the code. Yes I
do want to be resuscitated. And again
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that was noted in several places in
her chart. Additionally, she did not
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have a D and iron place,
so she did not have it do not
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resuscitate order in place. So,
as far as all of the documentation at
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the facility was concerned, if something
happened to her where she stopped breathing or
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her heart stopped beating, she clearly
wanted everything to be done to try and
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00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:08.800
save her life and to resuscitate her. Now. While she was at the
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facility, and I don't have the
particular details on how this came about,
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she signed a living will. Again, don't know where the living will came
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from, don't know why that was
all done, but apparently in the living
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will that she signed, she indicated
that she did not want life saving measures
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if she was in a terminal state
or in a permanent coma. So as
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far as the documentation in this living
will, I'm assuming it said something similar
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to what our language and our power
avertnity for healthcare if I'm in a permanent
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vegetative state or terminal state or permanent
coma, in those cases, I don't
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want life supporting measures. So if
you just stopped right there, you could
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ask herself, well, right,
So there's documentation at the long term care
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facility saying she wants to be resuscitated, and now there's a d n R
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giving some exceptions to apparently what she
had told the facility that she would want
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to have done. Sadly, a
nurse one day found this woman barely breathing.
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She was unresponsive, She had a
faint heart rate and shallow breaths,
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and the nurse could not detect any
blood pressure. What happened, the nurse
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did not attempt to resuscitate her once
she stopped breathing and she no longer had
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a pulse, and as a result, she died. And when this issue
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was brought about because the government got
involved in looking at the nursing home,
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the long term care facility argued that, hey, the living will was a
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legal document and it said do not
resuscitate her. Well, an administrative judge
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she reviewed it on behalf of the
government disagreed and essentially said, look,
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the living will said don't resuscitate me
only if I'm in a terminal state or
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a permanent coma, And she was
not in a terminal state or a permanent
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coma at the time the nurse found
her. And because in her chart she
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had clearly indicated that she would want
to be resuscitated if she stopped breathing or
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her heart stopped beating. In that
situation, the administrative judge disagreed with a
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long term care facility and concluded that
the long term care facility in fact should
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have resuscitators. So what's the message, what's the what's what is to be
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learned? Well, what's to be
learned I think from this situation is you
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need to make sure that you're on
the same page with whatever facility they're in
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about your end of life wishes and
how to handle what would appear to be
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conflicting documentation. It appeared that there
was a possible conflict in this case where
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in the documentation at the long term
care facility, she repeatedly indicated that she
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wanted the code called, that she
wanted to be resuscitated, yet she had
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a living will that appeared to make
some exceptions to that. If you're in
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a facility, if you're not able
to do make sure if family member makes
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make sure that there is consistency between
what you tell them, what you want
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there to be in your records regarding
calling a code or resuscitating you and what
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your legal documents say. And if
there appears to be a conflict, and
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in this case, quite frankly,
legally there wasn't. But you can't really
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necessarily express the nurse to be the
legal decision maker upon the difference. Make
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sure that if there appears to be
some conflict, or if you understand there's
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a conflict or a possibility that someone
might interpret or misinterpret what is that you
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want to be done. You need
to make sure that the facility understands what
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your wishes are, that those wishes
are documented, and that there is no
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room for confusion. Again, if
you can't do it, make sure that
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a loved one does that. Make
sure that the facility understands what in fact
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your wishes are. Because tragically,
for this woman, it was too late.
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Yes, the administrative law judge determined
that they shouldn't have listened to the
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living will because she was not an
a terminal state or a permanent coma.
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They should have revived her because that
was what she had said in her documentation
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at the long term care facility.
Yes, all of those things are determined
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by the administrative judge, but unfortunately
for her loved ones, the woman is
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still debt. Again, make sure
that your documentation is clear, and don't
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die because of some confusion about your
end of life wishes. Of course,
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loved ones by either putting together in
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that you already have, or assisting
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