Mother fell out of her wheelchair and has a broken ribs and clavicle. She has a referral from the ED to an orthopedic dr. Today they tell me she cannot go to the ortho dr, because the nursing home is on lockdown due to Covid. Is this correct?
She can certainly go to her appointment; she just won't be allowed back in. There's nothing to be done for ribs, and a clavicle would only warrant a sling which I assume she got in the ER.
Check the rules at your states health and human services website. Even on lockdown, mom was allowed to go to "essential" appointments. Essential was determined by the health poa for the person. I even got occasional outdoor patio visits with mom by declaring them Essential. ( the whole window or plexiglass thing was upsetting and freaked her out)
My MILs place is just coming out of lockdown. It's so stupidly annoying. These residents need health care that the nursing home doc can not provide. These residents also need support and love from their families so the visitation restrictions are very hurtful.
As someone mentioned, there may not be much to do re broken ribs and clavicle. Maybe telemed where ortho can weigh in on xrays and such that ER must have done?
Unfortunately, you are at the mercy of the nursing home's rules. Nothing we on a chat site can tell you will change what the admins at the SNF have to say on the matter!
My mother has had numerous falls over the years resulting in broken rib & sternum bones and nothing was done to remedy the situation. Those bones tend to heal on their own, although a clavicle fracture may require a sling. And pain meds to manage the discomfort of both. I remember my mother asking for the Icy Hot patches a LOT during the times she had those fractured bones from the falls.
Wishing you the best of luck with a tough situation. These lockdowns have gotten to the point of insanity, imo.
Entirely possible And it is also possible that the doctors office is requesting that appointments for "Nursing Home" residents be rescheduled. I saw this very request on my doctors office door just yesterday. And it was not even just residents, if you had visited someone in a Skilled Nursing Facility they request that you reschedule your appointment.
The exception would be if she had covid symptoms.
As someone mentioned, there may not be much to do re broken ribs and clavicle. Maybe telemed where ortho can weigh in on xrays and such that ER must have done?
My mother has had numerous falls over the years resulting in broken rib & sternum bones and nothing was done to remedy the situation. Those bones tend to heal on their own, although a clavicle fracture may require a sling. And pain meds to manage the discomfort of both. I remember my mother asking for the Icy Hot patches a LOT during the times she had those fractured bones from the falls.
Wishing you the best of luck with a tough situation. These lockdowns have gotten to the point of insanity, imo.
And it is also possible that the doctors office is requesting that appointments for "Nursing Home" residents be rescheduled. I saw this very request on my doctors office door just yesterday. And it was not even just residents, if you had visited someone in a Skilled Nursing Facility they request that you reschedule your appointment.