My mom is in a long term acute care facility or an LTAC after being in one for a year then being transferring upon my simply inquiring and then having the facility move her the next day. She had cardiac arrest and doc is saying will require ventilator at night. Social worker callously rushing me to select a nursing home that can be way away from me or even out of state. I don't even have a car and have recently lost my job. I know that Medicare or whatever only pays for 30 days and she told me she would be release on 10/15. Can I as her daughter and power of attorney block this? Can she come back to the facility in town with me or will they just send her anyways. I am scared because I was at work when they moved her from the last place and they put her on the ambulance before I could get there. I am an only child with no family support and I just feel like crying all the time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for trying to allay the fears of anonymous67,but hospital wants he out ASAP, lest the mom has a set back where the hospital could be held responsible. SW, wants her to choose, so they can get the ball rolling in getting mom out the hospital. An added bonus for the hospital, the facility will pay them a referral fee and will contact the referring hospital, if mom needs emergency care in the future.
Their point of view is they cannot just keep her indefinitely with no plan and no funding, and there are undoubtedly better places than an LTAC in terms of quality of life for your mom. Sorry you are in this situation but try to work with the staff and don't assume they are just heartless and unwiilng to help. Now if it turns out they ARE just that - well, there is a grievance procedure you follow that they are required to post, and an Office of Long Term Care where you could file a complaint.
I know you want Mom in the facility in town near you, but is her bed still available there? I remember when my Mom had to go to the hospital for a few days, I had to pay for a "hold" on her bed at long-term-care, otherwise she would have been placed in another facility once discharged from the hospital.