Advance Directives and the Elderly:
CPR in Nursing Homes

Order# ELC807
Content by Thomas E. Finucane, MD
Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center

resident interviews
19 minutes
$150 purchase; $75 rental

In this program, a physician, a nursing home resident and the resident's daughter discuss cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In answering posed questions, the physician responds to their emotional concerns as well as to their need for information.

Topics: advance directives, effects of CPR, DNR order
Audience: Social workers, family members, students in allied health training, long-term care and hospice staff

This video is part of the "Advance Directives and the Elderly" series.

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