A patient arrives in the ER with a “thumper” piston-driven device providing CPR to an 82 year old client who was found unresponsive on the floor at home-possibly from a sudden ventricular Cardiac event. The ER just received a DNR from a prior hospitalization for a UTI. The family is insisting the patient wants everything done. How do you think the staff should proceed?
Instructions Review Chapter 6 in your text, The Aging Networks:
Instructions Review Chapter 6 in your text, The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services; review the website Elder Justice; and in a journal assignment, address the following: What new or surprising information did you learn about elder justice? How is elder justice a policy issue? Do you