What are the chances of getting placement before an assessment happens?

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Maine127, I'm following your two threads, and my thoughts are with you and your aunt. I'm so sorry, it such a hard place to be in, and there are no easy answers, our country doesn't have a system in place that makes for an easy transition for folks like your aunt. It may be very hard for you to place her in a nursing home on your own. She likely will need to qualify both medically and financially for LTC Medicaid. She likely will qualify financially for LTC Medicaid, but may not qualify now medically. Somebody needs to get the ball rolling though and start the application with the state. AOA will help with that. If she's not yet medically qualified for LTC nursing home care, you may not be able to place her on your own. AOA (or some other social worker from some other agency, either from the state or hospital) is likely to put pressure on family to "take her in". You do not have to and please don't feel that you are obligated to or feel guilty if you can't do it. You can say "no, I don't have the ability or resources to safely supervise her at my home". As Alva said, the most efficient and reliable way to get her the care she needs is through the hospital, I would call 911, at his point she seems like she may be a danger to herself. Sadly, I think the options besides that are few to none. APS can be called, a guardian can be appointed and they can ensure the safety of your aunt. That is what would happen if no family were around, and I think they would be able to place her in a facility a lot easier than you could on your own. Good luck, and please keep us posted if you can.

Your best bet is 911 and ambulance transport to hospital where assessment can be done, evaluations, testing physically and mentally, and where you should at ONCE contact the Social Worker to help assign a temporary guardian if family wishes to do this, and to follow case for safe discharge, whether to facility or home you cannot know.
This could be as simple as a UTI, as complex as a stroke or dementia. She needs medical eval now. Call 911. Hope you will update us. Good luck.

Does your Aunt have the finances to private pay? If so, I feel quite confident most nursing homes would be more than happy to accept her w/o an assessment if she has a need for care. Call around and find out. But like cwillie said, Memory Care Assisted Living may be a better fit for her; for that type of managed care, a medical diagnosis of dementia/ Alzheimer's WOULD be required.

If you find your Aunt hysterical & wandering around looking for help again in the future, I would definitely call 911 and have them transport her to the ER for an assessment THERE as to what's going on! Don't make assumptions yourselves about anything, that's my advice.

Good luck!

You might not get nh placement if all she needs is getting a bra on and can showtime. The aoa probably sees people who poop frequently on the coffee table, haven’t showered for a month, wander out of their apartment and so forth.

Nursing homes usually only take people whose physical needs can't be met in other settings, from your description your aunt likely wouldn't qualify for that level of care. Memory care, however, is for people who have dementia - I think that is what you need to be searching for.