Patient with Alzheimer's Disease Adamantly Refuses Procedure

86 year old LTC facility patient fell, fracturing her elbow and was transported to our hospital. The fracture is displaced but not compound, and she has a POA with health care surrogacy powers as defined in a living will document on her chart. The living will has not been updated in years and states her place of residence is in another state 1000 miles away, even though she lives in Florida. The POA/HCS agrees to anesthesia for a closed reduction and casting but the patient adamantly... Patient with Alzheimer's Disease Adamantly Refuses Procedure
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