He fell 7 times in 5 days. This place has nice people, clean, and food is good. Nice activities, too. They told us to move out to skilled nursing since his fracture and he must have companion 24/7. They evaluated him in the first place. We have paid thousands of dollars. Hope we get some of it back. Beyond frustrated.
In my opinion I say that your husband should not have been charged for the entire month, only partial. I would fight to get at least some of the refund back that your husband can use for his next care level.
Verify the original contract when your husband was placed in the AL.
Perhaps retain a lawyer for advice and contact the AL director about the thousands of dollars spent for your husband’s AL room that he could not use for the 23 days in Feb. (?).
Assisted living is a bed and meals. They do not do hoyers or two person assists.
Most AL’s don’t require their aides to be certified. They are hired off the street. Super minimal resident/aide ratios.
Seniors transferred to an A/L are confused and it takes an adjustment period. Ever been on vacation and you wake up not knowing where you are? It’s much worse for A/L residents.
They smile to get your money but it’s very cut and dry on what they will or will not do.
Yes he does need a different facility. Your best chance of getting some money back may be to query the competence of the assessment.
The AL would not take her back until she was stable. The ER sent her to get meds adjusted at lT care facility . After 2 weeks she was stable and the AL felt that MC was the solution for her care. She has had her meds adjusted several times for her behavior but after 3 months she is better adjusted. MC provides smaller and more personal care but it never seems to be enough.
The bottom line is that change really messes with the brain. This is a recurring theme of most of the articles I've read on this forum. No matter how much you think you and your LO are prepared for the transition, you can go thru months of disturbing results and/or health and mental issues.
Good luck.
It sounds like the assisted living isn’t even waiting to see how he does in rehab first , before refusing to take him back . They have proactively told you that they can not provide the care that he needs . If this is the case , they are saving you money . Otherwise you would have been paying for his assisted living while he was in rehab ( to hold the bed).
Sometimes this happens , where an evaluation is done and they think it’s a good fit . Unfortunately , your husband turned out to be a greater fall risk than they expected and they are not willing to take him back even if he rehabs well .
Was he not falling before going into the facility? If so, maybe he has a medical issue that's causing it (other than dementia or advanced age) like a UTI, inner ear problem, Meniere's disease, vision, vitamin deficiency, dehydration, etc.
I'm so sorry for this situation. I hope he gets the appropriate care he needs.
Your father isn't kicked out so much as at present his care is more than they have staff to do. He requires surgery, rehab, physical therapy and possibly a higher level of care. Time will tell as regards that.
This isn't unusual, but it is always very very sad and I hope Dad has good healing, good rehab, good walker and is willing to use it in future. I hope this won't happen again. Sadly it may.