When the Administrator of an ALF Memory Care Unit contacted my husband (by phone), "She stated she was discharging his brother to the hospital to the ER for a psychiactric evaluation and that she would not accept him back to her facility."
My husband was the one who signed all the paperwork for his brother to be admitted to the facility, however, the Administrator refused to provide a copy of any 30 day written notice, a discharge notice, summary of allegations, appeals right, etc. etc. Also, his brother was only there for a month.
Thus, after I went to digging, I learned that the Administrator had in fact stated on the discharge notice to the state "She was discharging him to another facility."
How can she have done this?
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Patients, once given a psychiatric evaluation and an eviction due to 'behaviors' become much harder to admit to 'non-psychiatric facilities'.
After evaluation and the proper treatment, some patients can return to a less restrictive status and a better placement.
Maybe the paperwork was actually protecting the patient's rights?
What are you actually looking for Haileybug?
How was the paperwork protecting the patient's rights? No one has the authority to omit any information to protect a person's right. That is unheard of.
Also, I am pretty certain the Social Worker would have known where to send resident. The Social Worker would not have called my husband to come get him. Thanks
That is the part in question. When the Administrator discharged him, she discharged him to the hospital. Thus, she put on the discharge notice she filed with the state, "That she was discharging him to another MC facility."
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