my dad is 76 years old he suffered from a stroke years back, he is no longer able to walk nor stand because of his bad knee so he needs lots of my help 24/7. He is been living with me for the past 2 months, when he first arrived here he had a fall while I was at work, 911 took him to the hospital and he was placed in a rehab center, but then the staff told me that he could only stay there for 21 days because thats how long medicare could cover, he doesnt have medicaid but I did submitted an application for long term care so he could get admitted in a nursing home, but that takes about 30 to 45 days to get approved, yesterday he had another fall while I was trying to placed him in his wheelchair, nothing major happened thankfully but I did take them to the ER, he waited for a couple hours there but he was discharged from the hospital, he insisted of wanting to talk to a social worker but the nurse told him that there was no social worker available at the time, it was late at night so it makes sense, besides all this I dont get along very well with my dad he is very stubborn and has a bad temper at times, yesterday morning he noticed that his phone no longer was working so I told him that he had to wait until his next SS paycheck so he could buy a new phone, this didnt go well, he started nagging and bothering me every 10-15 mins to let him borrow the phone so he could call someone to let him borrow money lol, this is putting a huge toll on my mental health and I dont know how much longer I can keep up with it.
them that you work and he is an “ unsafe discharge “ because he’s home alone during the day , there is no one to take care of him. The social worker at the hospital will have to find a nursing home for him .
They will try to tell you that they will send help to go to the home . It will be minimal , not enough . Do not pick up Dad from the hospital , maintain your position that he is an “ unsafe discharge “ …use those magic words . Then they can’t send him home with you since he needs help 24/7 .
The social worker will have to find him a Medicaid bed in a nursing home. He can go in as Medicaid pending .