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Gifted a good deal of her money to whom? If it's family, perhaps they'd like to 'gift' it back and help you out here.

Three weeks doesn't seem long to sort this situation out, you must be very worried. So what would happen if, say, she's not safe to come home and has no funds for care? What then?
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Thanks for your advice. I just got a call from the rehab and thay said that Medicare pays for 20 days and any time after that I would have to pay $150 per day co-pay. I can't afford that so I hope she can walk within 20 days or I will just have to take her home. I will have a problem with long term care because my mom sold her house and gifted a good deal of her money. I was unaware of the fact that the money could not be gifted.
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You let her go to rehab and take this one day at a time. If she can make the PT goals, she can go home, but that could take a month. If she can't make the PT goals, then you and the MD talk about long-term care. Just remember ONE DAY at a time. Medicare will cover 100 days of rehab. I'm not really optimistic that a patient with severe dementia will understand the PT, but the MD has to give her a chance, he has to justify any placement decision. Do NOT take her home, let the rehab people work with her.
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