Greer

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case arises from the death of Appellants’ mother, Eileen Cassidy. Before her death, Cassidy suffered from Alzheimer’s dementia and required at-home care. Greer, Cassidy’s daughter, had been granted power of attorney to make medical decisions on Cassidy’s behalf. In October 2020, Cassidy lost consciousness then began vomiting, leading her caregiver to call an ambulance. A report from the responding emergency medical technicians stated, Cassidy was “on the toilet, no falls, no trauma noted, and shortly [after] the patient regained consciousness and vomited.” Cassidy was taken by ambulance to RCH’s emergency room, arriving at 9:16 a.m. Greer arrived at RCH shortly after Cassidy’s ambulance, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, RCH did not allow family members inside. Greer told an emergency room doctor and nurse that she had power of attorney for her mother, who had Alzheimer’s. She told them Cassidy “had these vomiting incidents at home periodically,” and that an RCH doctor had previously instructed her “to always” have her mother sit upright with her head tilted in a downward position “to prevent her from swallowing any vomit and aspirating.”…