Florida Fines Nursing Home for Violating DNR Order

Tampa Bay Times reports that the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has fined Jacaranda Manor nursing home $16,000 after workers performed CPR and used a defibrillator on a 75-year-old man who had a "do not resuscitate'' order on file. I posted a copy of the order here.



As a result of the investigation, the St. Petersburg facility has retrained its staff, state records say. Records don't make clear what happened to the resident, who was placed in intensive care and had chest tubes inserted in his lungs. He suffered from nearly 20 medical conditions, including chronic airway obstruction, a kidney disorder and dementia.



This Florida action is not uncommon.  As I recently explained in a lengthy review, public and private parties have been increasingly enforcing the honoring of advance directives.