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Any background on medicare and medicaide so I can help mom?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 517196" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</p><p></p><p>She really probably doesnt need nursing home care but like rest home care but I dont care if she cannot walk and is falling she cannot be discharged from a hospital and MUST be at least sent to a rehab hospital. If from there they feel she cannot go back to her home safely then she is sent to a nursing home that offers several levels of nursing care from intermediate to full nursing care. </p><p></p><p>When I had my meningitis and lost all use of my arms and my legs you can bet your bottom dollar I didnt want to go to rehab. I wanted to go HOME. They refused to let me. If I hadnt been able to learn to use my legs and hands well enough feed myself, dress myself, toilet, make a simple meal, walk up and down 4 steps and get in and out of a car...there is no way in this world I would be at home today. Either I would still be in that rehab or I would have gone to a nursing home. </p><p></p><p>They do have some services called CAP which is to keep people in their homes instead of going into nursing homes but they provide basically live in services that cover 12 to 18 days if the person has a person who is actually there at night with the patient. </p><p></p><p>This is all covered by medicare and medicaid. In order to get my mom in her nursing home I had to take her to the ER and tell them that I simply couldnt care for her by myself anymore. If your mother is falling this much and to this degree, neither can you. Just take her in, say you cant do it anymore. Check out the local nursing homes that you would like her placed at and talk to the social worker at the hospital and ask that she be placed at one of your top three.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 517196, member: 1514"] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO She really probably doesnt need nursing home care but like rest home care but I dont care if she cannot walk and is falling she cannot be discharged from a hospital and MUST be at least sent to a rehab hospital. If from there they feel she cannot go back to her home safely then she is sent to a nursing home that offers several levels of nursing care from intermediate to full nursing care. When I had my meningitis and lost all use of my arms and my legs you can bet your bottom dollar I didnt want to go to rehab. I wanted to go HOME. They refused to let me. If I hadnt been able to learn to use my legs and hands well enough feed myself, dress myself, toilet, make a simple meal, walk up and down 4 steps and get in and out of a car...there is no way in this world I would be at home today. Either I would still be in that rehab or I would have gone to a nursing home. They do have some services called CAP which is to keep people in their homes instead of going into nursing homes but they provide basically live in services that cover 12 to 18 days if the person has a person who is actually there at night with the patient. This is all covered by medicare and medicaid. In order to get my mom in her nursing home I had to take her to the ER and tell them that I simply couldnt care for her by myself anymore. If your mother is falling this much and to this degree, neither can you. Just take her in, say you cant do it anymore. Check out the local nursing homes that you would like her placed at and talk to the social worker at the hospital and ask that she be placed at one of your top three. [/QUOTE]
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