My mom has stage 4 lung cancer and is 80 years old. She fell and broke her hip and two ribs. She is in pain and doesn't want PT currently after two weeks of hip surgery. They are moving her from hospital PT to nursing rehab. We asked about long term care in case she goes longer than 20 days and they said she has to have cognitive issues to qualify. If she can't get her cancer treatments due to a broken hip can we file Medicaid and keep her in long term as she is refusing to try PT at this time due to pain? She sold her home little over three years ago in Texas and gave that money to her family as she knew she had enough for assisted living. Plus she wanted it put away to pay for her funeral cost. She only has enough to cover her assisted living but understand its very expensive if she doesn't qualify. Very confused if cancer qualifies for long term care under Medicaid.
I would think that hospital PT wouldn't be adequate for a broken hip anyway. My father experienced 2 broken hips, at 2 separate times, and although he got nominal PT in the hospital, the best PT was in rehab.
How does PT interact with cancer treatments? Is there consideration for both, or one or the other? I would think that chemo, and specifically the treatment, would be a real challenge while also trying to heal from a broken hip.
I'm sorry to read your mother is experiencing these challenges, but hope that one of her doctors will step up, get involved, and tell the appropriate people that they need to recognize the challenges of chemo and rehab simultaneously.