Need help to take my mother out of Rehab Center in Rancho Mirage. Any advice?

I don't understand what covid has to do with the length of the hospitalization. She is at risk in a facility more than anywhere else with staff of necessity coming and going. It is not a jail. If she is competent she can sign herself out. If her POA wishes to sign her out and take her into their care she can be signed out in this way. If she is past the 20 or 21 days of medicare coverage then her supplemental is either covering or it is not, but will not cover once it is charted that she has reached her optimum in rehab abilities. I would discuss with doctor at rehab further, because this just doesn't sound "right".

Nora, which doctor recommended a 2 months' stay?   The orthopedic surgeon who performed the surgery, or the rebab doctor?   If the latter, contact the ortho surgeon and get his take on the situation, but you might also have to ask the Rehab DON to fax the latest updated medical report to him/her as I assume a doctor wouldn't opine on discharge w/o an exam, and that's probably not going to happen given the pandemic situation.  

Something else you can do is ask for a care conference, via video, or by telephone, and ask specifically what plans there are to address her degenerating health.   They have a plan, or if not yet, should be able to develop one.

I assume you're prevented from visiting with her.  Can you call her?   I'm assuming you also live near the rehab site and are planning to take her home with you?  Are you prepared to handle rehab if you do?   Do you have a home care company lined up to come and provide nursing, PT, OT and perhaps aide or social work care?  

Think carefully about your options if you are able to get her released, but I do think that she'll be less exposed if she's out of there.  

Would your mother need financial assistance (Medicaid) if she were to stay?  If not, it might be that the place has an eye on your mother's finances and plan to exploit them.  That happened to us when my mother had a fracture.   Eventually we figured out what was going on and pulled Mom out before they drained her finances.    And we did get her ortho's advice before doing so.

Please keep us updated on your progress, especially the response of the admins on your mother's deterioration.   And best wishes to work out an acceptable solution for you and your mother.

She is now passed the 20 days so she is paying for the rehab unless she has a good supplimental. May she will reach 100 days and after that its private pay. Can she afford 10k a month?

I would talk to the DON. Tell her Mom lives with you. Both you and husband are home bound at this point. Your house has been disinfected. Neither Mom nor you can afford the cost of keeping her in the rehab facility indefinitely. (even if she can, cry poor) Could she and you be tested for the virus and if negative, you will take her home. That all precautions will be taken to keep her safe. This means, no one but u coming and going from your house.

In my opinion, they cannot guarantee that a staff member will not bring it into the facility. So Mom is no safer with them than you.