Quick breakdown. Mom fired her third caregiver on Thanksgiving Day. She took a fall this past Wednesday and went to the hospital who released her in a few hours. Found her the next morning flat on her back and could not get up. Called an ambulance to take her back to the ER where they found out she broke her left shoulder the night before. She has no use of her left hand from severe complications from open heart surgery April 2017. I was told they were going to release her again with no use of her arms or hands. I explained her cognitive and mental state and was told they don’t deal with those issues. I explained because of her mental state I can’t have her around my 5 year old at my house and it can be three to four days in-between me being able to check on her. Also, said she just fired her third caregiver because of her paranoid state of mind and goes on and on how everyone she encounters is no good lying, cheating, stealing •%*! Completely burned out after going on with this even before the complications from the open heart surgery. Still can’t believe all the medical professionals I encountered who have told me there is nothing they can do for her cognitive or mental state of mind. Flying solo with no relatives to help out.
I'm wondering if the hospital has got the strong impression that they can assume you will take responsibility for your mother because you already have done.
I don't mean that makes it okay or reasonable for them to do that. I'm just pointing out that if they have got this impression, you need to make very sure to correct it.
What is your mother telling them, by the way?
Ask them if the hospital considers this a "safe discharge".
Tell them that you need that in writing, on Hospital letterhead.
And that you'll be forwarding a copy to mom's attorney and to the hospital's attorney. Ask for the name of their law firm and a contact there so that you can be sure you're faxing this information to the correct person.
Let us know how this works out.
If they still determine that discharge is appropriate, call the Ombudsman for elder affairs in mom's State, and the person in mom's congressional district office who deals with health care and elder affairs.