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Please help me, today the hospital in Texas is saying they are going to release my brother-in-law to a shelter, because he "doesn't need" rehab. They want to put him on a bus and send him to us in Colorado. He can't talk, but has regained a lot of his movement.

My husband told the case manager that that would be an "unsafe" discharge as you suggested in a previous post. They said they would release him to a shelter. How can they release someone who can not speak for themselves to a shelter???

Please help! Can someone give me the words to say?

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Call the Canadian consulate.
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boomerdaughter Feb 2022
My brother-in-law may be legal. I don't know. He did have a valid Green Card at one time. He has a current valid Canadian passport.
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I think that there is nothing that you CAN do for this person.
He did not take care of anything for himself. Clearly you told him he is a Canadian Citizen. They can send him by bus wherever they want. Short of going to their Newspapers and making them famous for what they are doing, there is nothing you can do.
Do not take on the care of this man. He is not a citizen and has never taken care of himself. Were you not there to receive these threats by phone, what would they do with this gentleman? Apparently it is their assessment that he doesn't need further care.
A shelter will take it over from here and the resources therein. So, yes, they should release him to a shelter, and the Social system (such as it is) will take over from there. This is not your responsibility unless you MAKE it your responsibility. And if you do I can but wish you good luck.
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boomerdaughter Feb 2022
The problem is that we do love and care for this person, but realize that this would be the end of our own health and well being.
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Call the hospital back. Inform again you are NOT his discharge plan. Putting a patient on a bus or to a shelter?? Is this a bluff?

Strongly suggest their discharge planner/social worker should get clearance from their legal dept to do that.
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boomerdaughter Feb 2022
This is very helpful verbiage.
Thank you!
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My brother-in-law, may be legal, he did have a Green Card, but I am not sure that he kept it up. If he is legal what would you suggest?
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AlvaDeer Feb 2022
A shelter here or a return to his own country where clearly he will have better access to social services and medical care than the united states provides for its own citizens. We have many homeless in our country. That they are citizens seems to bother us not at all. I am so sad that there is nothing else to tell you, but not everything can be fixed.
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The problem is that we do love and care for this person, but realize that this would be the end of our own health and well being.
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SnoopyLove Feb 2022
Of course, we get it. So sorry this is happening. Please keep us updated.
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