National News Nebraska funeral home discovers hospice patient was still alive hours after being declared dead It's not clear how often incidents such as Monday's happen, but at least two similar ...

OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR ...

The woman, identified as Constance Glantz, 74, was pronounced deceased around 9:45 a.m. by staff at a local nursing home. Her “remains” were transported to a nearby funeral home, only for ...

Glantz was then taken to a funeral home in Lincoln, which realized that she was still breathing. The 74-year-old, who was in hospice care, was declared dead hours later at a Lincoln hospital.