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Do any
of them have a guardian appointed by the courts? Here in NC I have seen lawyers
and SW appointed as guardians. They usually won't sign for a DNR, but sometimes
they will... esp if MD and staff that have known resident for as long time
approach them compasionately.
I am in New
York State. We
have residents from the NYS mental health system who when admitted stated they
wanted CPR and it was so documented. Unfortunately for some of them we
were unable to process a Health Care Proxy at that time due to lack of persons
the resident could name as agent. As time has passed they have aged,
become ill and we are unable to obtain a DNR order due to their previously
documented wishes. How do other facilities handle these
situations? I know some facilities have ethics committees. I would
appreciate any comments, information, references that might help us figure out
what to do. We are currently anguishing over a lovely lady for who
repeated hospitalizations, CPR etc would be so unfair and we just don�t know
where to go with it. MY DON and administrator say we can�t do anything
but I am having a problem with that and am hoping. Thanx in advance.
Faye.
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