This is confusing. Most pharmacist will deliver these days. I don’t understand the piece about Medicaid making you wait. As far as transportation goes, if you belong to a church, you may have access to volunteers who will drive you. Also, if you have a senior center nearby they may have transportation available very inexpensively. Also, I don’t know where you live but your hospital social worker should know the local senior services.
Medicaid has a transportation service but looks like they ask for a five day window to take Lromero to appts. Her problem seems to be if she needs to see a Dr at the spur of the moment. I live in a small community. We have no Senior center. Church #s are dwindling. People don't volunteer like they used to.
My own hospital typically gave out cab vouchers if a patient's mobility didn't allow public transit. We signed out cab vouchers much in the same way we signed out drugs.
If you are discharge and have no way to go home contact social services, or have the discharge nurses do that for you.
Call your disability caseworker or conservator. Someone is paying for your housing, food, healthcare, and the computer you're using right now.
Call them. Or you could lift a finger to help yourself and call a few pharmacies that acually have delivery service.
You are putting me in memory of the story of the fox and the grapes.
There was this hungry fox laying out in a field. He was crying and lamenting about how he was starving and he had no food. Then miraculously a vine of grapes appeared above him. All the fox had to do was reach up and take them.
The fox wanted the grapes to fall directly into his mouth. So he sat there in the field crying and lamenting about how hungry he was until he died of starvation.
Don't be the fox. Take some steps to help yourself.
Is the Social Worker or discharge planner aware of ur situation. If not, they should be. They have to know when they send you home you have no support. Otherwise, its considered an unsafe discharge.
Any service the Hospital will call to take you home, you will be responsible for paying for. Are you on Medicaid for health or in home care? If so they provide transportation but you may have to be signed up with them. Your County Senior bussing can pick you up. But, you need to talk to the Social Worker to get help.
This is my problem. Even if I can get help to get to the doctor and back I can’t find any help getting around for emergencies and things like prescriptions and groceries and I’m unable to drive. I need to go get meds today and Medicaid needs 5 days notice. So I have to go 5 days without meds. Surely there’s another option somehow.
Also, I don’t know where you live but your hospital social worker should know the local senior services.
It came back up because Lromero reponded to a reply. This person has posted their own question.
https://www.agingcare.com/questions/i-am-having-trouble-finding-resources-for-care-and-also-with-transportation-unless-i-give-medicaid-5-485704.htm
If you are discharge and have no way to go home contact social services, or have the discharge nurses do that for you.
Call your disability caseworker or conservator. Someone is paying for your housing, food, healthcare, and the computer you're using right now.
Call them. Or you could lift a finger to help yourself and call a few pharmacies that acually have delivery service.
You are putting me in memory of the story of the fox and the grapes.
There was this hungry fox laying out in a field. He was crying and lamenting about how he was starving and he had no food. Then miraculously a vine of grapes appeared above him. All the fox had to do was reach up and take them.
The fox wanted the grapes to fall directly into his mouth. So he sat there in the field crying and lamenting about how hungry he was until he died of starvation.
Don't be the fox. Take some steps to help yourself.
Any service the Hospital will call to take you home, you will be responsible for paying for. Are you on Medicaid for health or in home care? If so they provide transportation but you may have to be signed up with them. Your County Senior bussing can pick you up. But, you need to talk to the Social Worker to get help.
Hospital will arrange a ride for you home, through one of the ride services, if their vans are busy or have stopped running for the day
My worry is what about when you ARE home. What support do you have for groceries, any help you may need at home?
The hospital might call a cab for you if you're unable to use Uber or Lyft.
You could ask the hospital if they have a van service that could take you home.