What can we do to get my elderly step father placed permanently in a nursing home?

There should also be a social worker or discharge planner who can be contacted about the situation affiliated with the dialysis center or the hospital. Or, you can arrange for a comprehensive geriatric evaluation and that should be a covered service and would include that kind of practical help.

Thank you sharynmarie!!!!

if your parents have medicare you can get hospice care in the home or nursing home care. I would call The Area Agency on Aging in your county or the nearest largest city. Also your father's dr and local hospital would have this info to give you as well. Hospice will come in to your home and provide care...comfort care if he is in final stages. To get him placed in a NH (nursing home) you can either call local NH's to be placed on a list or if your father needs immediate medical attention, take him to the ER (emergency room) and tell them you cannot take him back home. I hope this helps you, and let us know how things go for your mother and father. Hugs to you!!