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If you have a loved one who is approaching death, you want to bring up the end-of-life arrangements they would like to have, and encourage them to deal with the decisions. If you arrange for hospice care (just ask the doctor!), the hospice nurse can declare death even if not present if you simply call them at their passing. This begins a legal process that is quite complicated.
If your loved one has no end-of-life plans made, things WILL get difficult. Nurse’s aides cannot legally declare death. If you call 911, they MUST seek to resuscitate the person. Dead or not, if police come CPR will be implemented. Then you will be investigated for elder abuse and/or neglect. Only with the arrival paramedics can resuscitation attempts cease and the body be removed.