daniela -“No, the company covered their behind long ago. You can’t expect Brookdale (I had not noticed it was them, I had the impression it was some small company operating one or two homes) to be this foolish. Their guidelines no doubt stated that in an emergency, employees should call 911 and wait with the resident. Gamanit heard that on CBS (see above) but it is quite obvious, given that Brookdale are no amateurs. These guidelines, when brought to the courtroom or to the case study at the next medical ethical conference, do not mean one should stand by, but rather, administering help as appropriate. We are well aware the employee might have been told by her supervisor – or more likely, lead into believing – that she should do absolutely nothing.”
The last part is probably what happened. How much will the parent company distance themselves from this with lies – all depends on the consequences. In this case, the liklihood of the family suing the company or some agency talking about this in some conference is slight to none. So I think the outcome will be she will get her job back. The company is only interested in themselves and right now their biggest concern is the News Media. I think this will die down and the company will keep things the way they are or change their policies so noone can claim they meant do nothing.