Can someone with dementia be denied entry in nursing home ?

Also don’t forget that regardless you want the best care for him sometimes that means building a relationship with a nursing home yourself. Reach out to one off the beaten path a lot of them do not get many referrals due to there rural location but still provide good care there more likely to accept a patient that the family has spoken to them to tell things the medical record don’t tell. Also you said this was a rapid onset and 3 falls in a week this could be something else all together often times they will go with dementia getting worse when in fact yes they have dementia but it’s exaggerated by a secondary condition such as UTI you must advocate for him and let them know that yes he has dementia but you think something medically else is going on. A lot of people who have this diagnosis are discriminated against in my opinion and other causes for behaviors and falls are not even considered they just assume it is the dementia easy for staff to do I’ve seen it for years so be a strong advocate for your dad. Don’t listen to others who tell you unsafe discharge that will be hard to prove since he lives home with your mom and has you. So that is a ploy that rarely works you want what is best for both of your parents you will definitely get more help and better placement with that stance then screaming unsafe discharge I’ve seen poor people sent to other states because desperate social workers have ran out of time to find a place and family is unwilling to help with that. It’s very sad when that happens there support is cut off. No one should be telling you to do that nonsense call around yourself talk to the admissions or director of nursing explain that your dad is just very confused but that if he could go somewhere with a routine and activity that you think he would calm down. He’s likely agitated because they won’t let him walk so some of that behavior could be caused by staff and there approach to him.