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My 91 yo mom (with advanced dementia) has been in short term rehab for 2 weeks, getting PT and OT so that she can return home after pneumonia. She's responded well (great therapists) and is walking 200 ft with her cane.
Mom was scheduled to be discharged tomorrow at 10 am. On my visit yesterday nurse told me Mom has tested positive for Covid the day earlier and was in isolation. There has been a Covid outbreak at this facility. Mom, after 48 hours, is asymptomatic. I really want to bring her home.
First, the facility never informed me about the positive Covid test-urggh.
My main question is can I bring my Mom home tomorrow if she is asymptomatic? Nurse told me I can legally bring her home but insurance might not cover her stay if I take her home against their medical advice.
Thanks for any advice and perspective.

Generally this is only a 5 day hold to be certain that the Covid doesn't require hospitalization; is that true in this case? If so, I can't imagine why you would want to take home someone with active covid, see it spread through the home to the caregivers, and have people perhaps in and out of hospitalization. This is a matter of days only. I would do as is suggested, myself.

That whole thing about insurance is almost always a meaningless threat used to keep people from taking home family members against medical advice. I have never in a long career as an RN seen it carried out and it surely wouldn't be by Medicare. Doubt that it would be by supplemental either. But with insurance I would be loath to guess WHAT they might do.
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