Eleven percent of the facilities had a policy that residents are considered to be DNR unless they have indicated other wishes. Twenty-two percent had no written guidelines for resuscitation. Facilities often use colored stickers to indicate CPR and DNR status for residents. Facilities required CPR in witnessed arrests of residents without DNR orders more often that with unwitnessed arrests. Singer, Peter A., Douglas K. Martin, and Merrijoy Kelner.
Death is one of the few events that happens to everyone.
One of the most important issues surrounding this event is the provision of quality care at this time. Patients and health care professionals recognize the need for improvement with end of life care. The authors of this article analyzed data collected from interviews from three sets of patients, those with HIV, dialysis patients, and residents of a long term care facility. Five domains of quality end of life care were identified. It is possible that these domains can be used by clinicians as they evaluate the care they are providing at the end of life.