No doubt the "stupid corporate policy" was in response to some "stupid state law". I kid you not. This was obviously a bad and inhumane policy, but it probably didn't come out of nowhere with no reason.

In the assisted care facility where my aunt-in-law lived until recently, they were required by law to "not restrain residents in any way". This included not giving them a pillow to hold on to and play with while sitting in their wheelchairs (Alzheimers facility). A pillow in the lap was considered "restraint" per state law. My aunt was unable to get around without a wheelchair, but due to Alzheimers, didn't realize it. One day when she attempted to stand up due to not being restrained, she fell and broke her hip. Thank God to the politicians for making sure she wasn't restrained even with a standard wheelchair seatbelt. After surgery, rehab and all that, once she was back at the facility - it was back to the no restraint thing, even with a recently repaired broken hip. She of course tried to get up again and again, and fell again and again, and was shipped off to the ER again and again - but at least she wasn't restrained! Finally, it got to be too much for her and she died. At least she wasn't restrained! Thank goodness for stupid politicians and the stupid laws they make, which translate into stupid corporate policies. I can understand why a corporation would make stupid policies - they don't want to have their license to operate yanked for violating some idiot politicians rule.

It may sound bad for a facility to allow an 87 to die needlessly (we'll assume that was the case - don't really know if she was viable in the first place). But what if they had provided CPR, only to have the state yank their license to operate for violating some law regarding medical care, and then putting dozens or hundreds of other residents of the facility out on the street due to the closure? It's bad all the way around. But I'll be willing to bet the idiotic corporate policy was in response to some idiotic state law.