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My mom really went downhill over the holidays. She has dementia but she was severely mentally altered. Kept asking to go home although she’s in the home she’s been in for almost 50 years. I do not live with her. I live about 75 miles away. Her caregiver was here but my mom’s mental status was so bad I called an ambulance. On top of everything we all have COVID, including my mom and her caregiver. She was diagnosed and treated for UTI. She spent five nights in a self pay swing bed because she was no longer sick enough to be hospitalized. Does not qualify for rehab because of her dementia. No one will provide home care for a COVID positive person. I brought her home today. We are both COVID positive but her hospital bill is already outrageous. Her mental status is no better. She cannot walk without assistance and can’t feed herself due to arthritis. Those two things are brand new. Calling the elder care attorney who set up her trust tomorrow to get her started on qualifying for Medicaid. In the meantime have to piece together 24/7 care. I can’t move in with her.

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Margaret I am seeing thiis several times here as well, as well as my own posts "posting" more than once, or mt posts with no responce and then one. I am thinking this repeating is a site glitch? I also noticed it a few days ago on another post
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A UTI combined with COVID will definitely make dementia much worse. Rehab is a waste of time & effort b/c a dementia patient cannot follow cues or follow instructions well enough to do PT/OT. It should take your mom quite some time to fully recover from Covid to get back to her baseline, IF that is even possible at this point. It's a good idea to speak with that EC attorney to get mom qualified for Medicaid. In the meantime, you can get her placed in a SNF that accepts Medicaid, but she can self-pay in the meantime in order to spend down her funds TO qualify for Medicaid. Especially if she requires 24/7 care and you don't have people to give it to her, and you can't move in with her yourself. That'd be your best bet, I think. Get busy looking for local SNFs that can take her NOW, self-paying, which they'll be happy to do, while you wait for the Medicaid app to be approved. It's easier to get into a SNF that way than to get in on Medicaid alone. Just wait till she tests negative for Covid first, which should be soon.

What a difficult situation. I'm sorry you're going through this, the two of you, and I hope you both have a quick and full recovery.

Best of luck!
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bolliveb Jan 2023
Thank you for that advice. I do have a nursing home ready and willing to take her, although she must test negative for COVID and then be in isolation for ten days. I need clarification from the facility on how she can be isolated if she needs 24/7 care, which means multiple caregivers. Even one caregiver is not isolation, and it’s of course impossible for one person to stay awake for ten days straight. I’ve also been told she can test positive for up to 90 days!
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