She was in rehab for 14 days, but started to have skin breakdown, so now the insurance is trying to have her sent to a nursing home (at her expense, since insurance pays for rehab, but not skilled nursing home) the insurance covers 100 days of rehab, but 0 days nursing home. my sister is 64, she is making very slow progress. but the psych medications sedate her.
When I didn't have the money for a lawyer and was in the process of trying to find one, I faked it that I had one (or was waiting for a callback) and actually that scared the heck out of the offending party and they backed down.
I had good results calling the attorney general recently. You will get action. Don't settle for their claims that they are doing an in-house investigation. A real investigation is external.
So, calling an ambulance?
If you know anyone who was harmed by malpractice, ask if they got their records. Go look at the records in malpractice and you'll see all kinds of inaccuracies, fudging, missing information that was simply pulled to protect the institution, and other very deliberate errors. Look at ProPublica's study on malpractice. The statistics are shocking to many.
Go watch the movie "Gaslight" and you'll see how workers treat patients in many settings. The United Nations has been alarmed at how elderly people with dementia are treated worldwide, and the USA and Canada are no exception.
While it's the law to act a certain way, there's no guarantee that the laws will be respected and followed. It's against the law to litter, against the law in some communities to not pick up after your dog, it's against the law even to jaywalk in some places. And in every way, "Do no harm" is both ethically and legally binding. Tell me that one is followed!
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