Patient wants to live, but old 'living will' mandates death

WorldNetDaily ^ | 10/20/05 | Diana Lynne

[jocon307]

"...what I am getting from this is that if you execute a living will, or simply make an idle comment, some people believe your spouse has the right to kill you."

EXACTLY!

I already know to whom I'm giving my POA for such matters. She's been my friend since we were 10 years old and knows me better than my husband or child ever will. Plus, she'll fight for my life all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. Literally, I will trust her with my life.

[Salvation]

Unbelievable story!

[Sun]

Better a Will to Live, which Father Pavone advocates, which can be downloaded, or used as a guide, at nrlc.org.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Ping! Here we go again!

[Titan Magroyne]

Bump to return and check that out later. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Sun]

You are welcome. :)

[steve8714]

Soylent Green...is PEOPLE!

[cycjec]

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that others change
of mind/heart has been ignored. He was fortunate to
have allies.

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping.

Culture of death ping.

Freepmail me if you want on/off this pinglist.

[BykrBayb]

South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control Division of Health Licensing - October 03, 2005
Anne Maria Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
1200 Talisman Drive, North Augusta, South Carolina 29841
803-278-2170
Administrator: Mr. Kevin Ginn
License or Permit #: NCF-721
Expiration Date: 5/31/2006
Licensee: Anne Maria, Inc.
# Units: 132
Type of Units: Nursing Home Beds
132 Total Licensed Units
Source: http://www.scdhec.gov/hr/pdfs/licen/liclst/hraike.pdf

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Among the six Aiken County facilities in the survey, the most deficiencies were found at the Anne Maria Rehabilitation and Nursing Home Center in North Augusta. It had 19, including failure to hire workers with no history of abusing or neglecting residents, failure to keep patients' medical records private, and a medication-error rate that exceeded 5 percent. *

Officials at Anne Maria did not return a phone message seeking comment.

Source: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:vxy7llxLfugJ:chronicle.augusta.com/stories/112102/met_140-7420.000.shtml++North+Augusta+%22Anne+Maria+Rehabilitation+and+Nursing+Center+%22+-site:www.hospitalsoup.com&hl=en

* The last article in my post says they had a 15% error rate.

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Resident's mother sues nursing home

The mother of a woman who once stayed at a North Augusta nursing home filed suit Tuesday, alleging that her daughter was sexually assaulted by another resident.

The lawsuit against the Anne Maria Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Talisman Drive accuses the nursing home of failing to protect the resident from a a 75-year-old man who lived in the next room.

Court papers state that on the night of Feb. 24, 2000, the man, who had been drinking whiskey, inappropriately touched the woman. A nurse heard the woman crying and found the man standing over the bed kissing the woman.

The lawsuit claims the nursing home waited until the next day to take the woman to a hospital. It seeks unspecified damages.

A lawsuit represents only one side. The defendant has 30 days to respond.

Source: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:cGwYrdYLspkJ:chronicle.augusta.com/stories/021203/met_029-7978.000.shtml++North+Augusta+%22Anne+Maria+Rehabilitation+and+Nursing+Center+%22+-site:www.hospitalsoup.com&hl=en

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Nursing home manager questions review results

Frank Feltham, the president of Fane Management Inc., which runs Anne Maria Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in North Augusta, says his home isn't nearly as bad as the survey says it is.

Source: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Pu3oIQDCqtcJ:www.augustachronicle.com/stories/120802/met_140-7444.001.shtml++North+Augusta+%22Anne+Maria+Rehabilitation+and+Nursing+Center+%22+-site:www.hospitalsoup.com&hl=en

Read the whole article. Wifey must have done her research to find a nursing home this bad.

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It looks like they change administrators every other week. Anybody want to see how long it takes them to replace the one they have now?

[cycjec]

One would think that a revoked advance directive should
be disregarded. Why isn't it? Here's one approach, on
a Moral Absolutes basis. This is a mere sketch. We have
no rights in ourselves, and once one grants as a premise
that *sometimes* one has the right to refuse medical treatment
("ordinary" i.e. efficacious, routine, non-experimental)
treatment, one leaves oneself open to death by neglect.
I concede most ppl do not realize they are doing this. Also
that the opposition to the Culture of Death includes many
who don't accept this analysis. Wish I could put it better.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Viola Chambers sounds like Michael Schiavo.

Ordinary people become death commandos. Their primary mission in life is to kill. It must be a power trip. Once someone gets the power to kill, they don't want to relinquish it; they want to wield it at all costs. Same with the Democratic party and their abortion lust.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Who woulda guessed that all those years of leaving the toilet seat up....

[AnimalLover]

I don't find this to be similar to the Schiavo case. If the man can talk and is lucid and said he wants to remain alive, how is there even any discussion?

I wholeheartedly agree!

[kcvl]

Susan Garen, the regional Long Term Care Ombudsman, confirmed Viola Chambers had the authority to direct her husband's care.

I can't believe these idiots. Even when a patient is on Hospice and dying they still receive antibiotics for infections (unless you are Terry Schiavo). I have never seen such things and I volunteer with a Hospice. I think a little common sense would go a long way. If nothing else the purpose would be to keep the PATIENT COMFORTABLE. Even a complete moron could figure that out.

I have never seen or heard of a doctor, a nurse, a volunteer, a family, a patient who didn't understand that the purpose of END OF LIFE CARE was suppose to be in the BEST INTEREST OF THE PATIENT. And we have 100's of patients a MONTH.

[SC Swamp Fox]

South Carolina Ping

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[Cboldt]

I don't find this to be similar to the Schiavo case. If the man can talk and is lucid and said he wants to remain alive, how is there even any discussion?

He isn't the first. And won't be the last. How? "It's legal." That's how.

Behold the danger in permitting "the law" to be the primary underpinning of society.

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri October Dailies

8mm

[Cboldt]

... once one grants as a premise that *sometimes* one has the right to refuse medical treatment ("ordinary" i.e. efficacious, routine, non-experimental) treatment, one leaves oneself open to death by neglect.

"The law" says that the patient always has this right and power. Once man takes that power, which is contrary to God's commandment, no good will come of the decision.

[8mmMauser]

I don't find this to be similar to the Schiavo case. If the man can talk and is lucid and said he wants to remain alive, how is there even any discussion?

Terri tried to cry out "I want to live" and they yanked her tubes anyway. She was horrified at what they were doing, and they did it anyway. There would be no discussion. She was to die by decree.