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According to authorities, an 82-year-old woman who died at a Long Island nursing home gave funeral home staff quite a shock when she was found to be breathing almost an hour after her arrival.
Suffolk County Police reported that the woman, whose name has not been released, had previously been pronounced dead at Waters Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson around 11:15 a.m.
She was taken to the O.B. Davis Funeral Home in Miller Place around 1:30 p.m., and it didn't take long for employees to notice that she was still breathing. The woman was immediately taken to a hospital.
There was no immediate update on her condition Monday, and the case is being referred to the New York State Attorney General's Office for investigation.
New York state's health department says it is also investigating and couldn't comment further at this time.
The rehab center didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The funeral home issued a statement saying only, "Out of respect for the privacy and confidentiality of the families we are honored to serve, we are not in a position to comment further on this matter."
In a previous case, a suburban Iowa continuing care home was fined $10,000 after a similar mistake. In that case, a 66-year-old woman who was believed to be dead was placed in a zipped body bag and taken to a nearby funeral home, where workers found that she was breathing and called 911.
This woman was taken to a nearby hospital, returned to hospice care and later died.
I guess I don’t understand how this can happen, especially with people used to dealing with the elderly. Maybe if a resident falls asleep, they just assume that the person is dead?
I like a nap as much as the next person, I just don’t want anybody to make it involuntarily permanent!
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