Mom had a stroke – was in her primary hospital for 10 days, then moved to SNF. At SNF she contracted sepsis and pneumonia and went to a DIFFERENT hospital to ICUs, then to a reg room. Now she is in a NEW SNF. Had to take off work for 3 weeks due to her ever-changing health status, not to mention finding the new SNF, daily visits, calls with doctors, nurses etc, paying her bills, getting her a new phone and new glasses (she lost hers at first SNF). Hospital she was at refused to sign FMLA and faxed her papers to her primary care doc. Primary care doc filled out the paperwork AS IF her condition was what it was 2 months ago when she FIRST went to hospital – not to mention she marked that my mom was "pregnant". Which is NOT the case. Any suggestions on this type of thing? TY!
I made an appointment with a doc to fill out a form needed for the guardianship process. Nice doctor, had never seen him before or since; I think he was the doctor on staff at the SNF. But he willingly went through it (with me offering lots of commendation for dealing with ridiculous questions like "How long will the patient have this condition?" Doctor: "It's DEMENTIA.")
After 20 minutes the form was done, I thanked him for his forbearance and got the completed form to the attorney As Soon.