Question: Mrs Camillero’s Daughter, Rose, Approaches Caro Later The Same Day And Asks Her To Assist In Putting Together Advanced Directives For Her Mother At The End Of Her Life. Rose Is Worried About Pain Control As Her Mother Is Already In Some Pain And None Of The Family Want Her To Suffer. She Is Worried About How The Home Might Cope With The Large Family …

Mrs Camillero’s daughter, Rose, approaches Caro later the sameday and asks her to assist in putting together advanced directivesfor her mother at the end of her life. Rose is worried about paincontrol as her mother is already in some pain and none of thefamily want her to suffer. She is worried about how the home mightcope with the large family plus the priest when the end of lifeapproaches and they will all wish to be with her. Caro suggests shediscuss with her mother her end of life wishes and then the policyof the home is to set up a meeting where the directives can be putinto writing and an official advanced care plan can be constructed.At that meeting they can discuss how the home may manage end oflife care to suit the family needs. She assures Rose that paincontrol is very good these days but outside the scope of her job soshe should discuss it with their doctor or with the RNs. Sheassures Rose that the priest will be called as Caro is catholic andknows how important it would be to her and is to all Catholics tohave the priest bless you before you die.