My mother in law was in a car accident and broke her hip and ankle. The plan is to have her ankle heal first and get upper body rehab to help her be more stabilized for the hip replacement. The insurance is stating they will no longer pay for her rehab as she can not put any weight on her feet. They suggested possibly applying for Long Term Care in hopes she will be accepted and if not she is pretty much on her own. We are unable to fully take care of her at home; do you have any other suggestions for support with this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
An elder really has to be willing to accommodate a bit to the therapy schedule, it's sort of like going to school. Are there other reasons why she's so tired? Is this an acute rehab facility ? Maybe she needs a subacute facility .
I also had certain rehab facilities refuse to take my mother, but it was based on a facility that had a more rigorous physical therapy requirement, like 3-5 hours a day. Since my mom is 86 and has dementia, there's no way she could have withstood that amount of PT. BUT, these rehab places would not have kept her but 2-3 weeks at most, not 100 days. A nursing home with rehabilitation is what you need. Just make sure you go and check the places out prior to transferring her there, and it's a good idea to make sure the "short term" patients are separate from the "long term" patients.
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