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My 93yo LO is in the hospital for extreme weakness, possibly due to an infection, and cannot get up or walk (she was able to use a walker and get out of bed by herself just 5 days ago). She is very weak and has to do rehab inpatient or at home. At home would be only 2 hours a week. We live in a NJ county hit hard by virus, and all the local facilities still admit Covid patients and have had multiple deaths. Don't know what is the best option.

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You can control your own home environment better so this would feel safer to you. But can you cope with your LO's care needs? 93 & not walking? Can he/she stand & pivot to commode/wheelchair? Will you need aides to visit? (Of course insist on masks). Of you have the right equipment & some help you may do well.
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My dad is in rehab now, also after a hospitalization and currently unable to walk. We’ve been down this road many times before, though not with Covid to consider. We chose inpatient this time primarily because the in home PT has been so poor previously and he truly can’t walk at all right now. The facility he’s in has no Covid as of now, each patient is tested prior to admittance and while there as well as staff being regularly tested. It’s a risk but one we felt we had to take. We’re doing the window visits, they’re awkward, but better than nothing
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Sneaky, my MIL (85) is in a LTC facility due to short-term memory loss and refusing to get out of bed. Four weeks ago covid ran through the facility and staff, despite their very stringent lockdown and shutout and all the PPE. Once it was in there, it was in there. My MIL has no underlying health issues but got the virus and it took her almost 4 weeks to recover, but she did recover fully (as it appears right now). One of the worst things about her being in a facility was not being able to be with her physically. They moved her to a makeshift 1st floor covid wing and we could have window visits, but she was in a shared room, not next to the window, and so weak and out of it that we could barely have more than 3 words with her. Standing next to the window meant standing next to the window fan that was venting the room. FaceTiming or phone calling needed to be managed by the nurse, who was already overworked and required using up an entire set of PPE just for a 3 minute phone call. My takeaway is that if you can have your LO at home, she will be better off, as long as you know what you're in for in terms of caregiving or hiring caregivers. Once they lock down the facilities (and they may do it again this fall) you won't have access to her no matter what. Just something to consider. I know it's not an easy decision.
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Sneaky8 Jun 2020
I am leaning towards this too. I would definitely send her to rehab in better times. She is also very hard of hearing and speaks mostly her native language, so another layer of difficulty. Our state's nursing homes also takes in all the recovering Covid patients. Since Medicare only pays for 2 days of in home PT, I will have to pay OOP for the other days. I know it's not easy.
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