My mom lives with me and it is getting almost impossible to care for her. She fell two years ago and her ability to stand and walk with a walker is becoming almost non existent. She fell again last night and it was almost impossible to get her up and moving the 30 feet to her bed from the hallway. My house is not set up for a wheelchair. I am afraid the point where she can’t stand at all is coming quickly.What Will I do then if I can not even get her out of the house. Help! I have no idea where to start in this whole process. We live in Florida if that makes a difference.
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Hospital staff, primarily social workers will need to do their job and help place her, where both of you will be safe.
Best of luck to you.
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They will then have to find placement for her, and Medicaid will have to be applied for.
Now those at the hospital will try and talk you into taking your mom back home with lots of promises of what they can all do for you. DON'T believe a word of it as none of it will be true.
Just keep saying that you mom is an "unsafe discharge" over and over if you have to, and they will get her placed for you.
They can transport her to the hospital for xrays or whatever.
There you should contact social services at once.
If you are her POA you should let them know you cannot accept her back into the home because you are unable now to care for her.
This will start the placement.
Begin to gather together all facts about your POA if you have one, her diagnoses, her assets. They will need this to start placement.
If her funds will soon run out then you will need to tell them she will require placement in a facility that can accept Medicaid, and perhaps help you apply for it when it is necessary.