I am POA and they signed him in without me. I am in another state . He is in Florida . Does anyone know who you call for assistance to help me get him out? Looks like it might be "against" their dr orders". The conversation with dr at hospital was a few days in rehab to get his strength and transfer skills back. I want him to go back to his assisted living. He can't make decisions for himself and certainly can't take responsibility to pay for his 20% once his 20 days are up or can he? This place does not have an alzheimer unit and they are not used to working with his level of memory loss. I control his money and pay all his bills. But they should have known he cannot sign for himself. I think they just want his 20 days of 100%. And we are out of luck the next time we need skilled nursing. He is already paying off 3 skilled facilities from last fall. I am getting very jaded about our medical system. Any help is appreciated.
I would first try sending them an over night registered letter (C/O law dept.) and advise them to move him back. His PC should be able to back this up I would think. I would tell them that you need an immediate response or the issue will be turned over to his elder law firm. Look on the Dept of health state website and see if their are any complaints against them or if you are in Cal. look at this site. If not I bet they could give you good direction. A little dirt goes along way to show them you mean business.
It is my understanding that most patients average a month in rehab.
Rehab in our case was what my mom needed.
Could it be that dad is beyond the AL stage? That he now needs to be LTC in a skilled nursing facility rather than AL?
How are the orders or action being done that he leaves AL and then does rehab? IF it's the AL that's doing the referral or sending him to the hospital, my guess is that they want dad moved to a higher level of care facility. If his needing a higher level of care has been mentioned to you or to dad, you probably need to find a NH for him. I'd try to have a frank conversation with the social worker @ his old AL and at the rehab facility as to their perspective dads situation.
Medicare's rules on rehab are pretty precise. They have to be progressing. Once they plateau, rehab stops. I haven't found NH rehab to be bilking the system in my experience with my mom & MIL. Rather it more that the elder goes back to the same pattern that caused the problem; so it yo-yo's. I'm sure that some rehab's keep them longer that other places would; but usually that is a benefit for the elder even with a 20% copay.