Nursing home won’t let me go home

Pepper

Pepper

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This rehab/nursing home is trying to block my release by saying, in their opinion, that I need care 24/7.

My DIL has insisted on my release tomorrow. They have threatened to not give permission to insurance for home care.

I want to go home. I know I need some assistance once there.

I’m sleeping in my clothes tonight. I’m planning a getaway tomorrow no matter what. I have no money or credit cards with me to pay for a cab.

I trust my DIL to help. I’m sorry to say I don’t trust my son.

It’s my life and I want to go home. It’s my business if I can live on my own. Mine
 
Marie5656 said:
Is there a patient advocate on Staff? If there is no medical reason I do not think they can keep you
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there is a medical reason tho'....she's in pain after her fall.. she has pain in her rib cage and Torso.. she is suffering from pain in her foot.... she readily admits she will need help at home, which all points to the hospital knowing she's not fit to go home. She's underweight, and not eating enough...

They're not prisons, they're keeping you, Pepper .. .. to get you well enough so you can go home and live a normal life with some personal help there..

It's highly frustrating for you to be in hospital I understand that totally.. but if you leave now, you'll be back within days and maybe in worse condition, meaning an even longer hospital stay ... and I'm sure you know that really.. ...
 
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Pepper said:
This rehab/nursing home is trying to block my release by saying, in their opinion, that I need care 24/7.

My DIL has insisted on my release tomorrow. They have threatened to not give permission to insurance for home care.

I want to go home. I know I need some assistance once there.

I’m sleeping in my clothes tonight. I’m planning a getaway tomorrow no matter what. I have no money or credit cards with me to pay for a cab.

I trust my DIL to help. I’m sorry to say I don’t trust my son.

It’s my life and I want to go home. It’s my business if I can live on my own. Mine
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They have the power to do this, Pepper: to refuse to release you to go home. Your home care providers can refuse to come because of noncompliance.
If you go home without clearance, your noncompliance can lead to denied claims in some cases.
Be careful, Pepper! Be a sly coyote. You're wellbeing is the main thing right now.
 
They never want me to go home again. The owners are Russian mafia. They do not have my best interests at heart. They have Medicaid endless dollars at stake.

I won’t be kept against my will. They have not spoken with me at all. I’m being treated like an invalid with dementia. They have put my back against the wall. I’m thinking that I d rather be dead as a free person than to have care forced upon me and be treated like an endless cash supply.

I fell asleep which is why I haven’t checked back in a while. I am very angry and upset to the point that I don’t care about my well being. My well being is my business I won’t have it forced on me
 
Oh, Pepper. I so want you to be well and happy. Even though your DIL is not in the same field, she’s in medicine and that should be worth a solid opinion from the Care Home and the Insurance company. Is there a legal route you can take to force the Insurance company to comply.
 
hollydolly said:
there is a medical reason tho'....she's in pain after her fall.. she has pain in her rib cage and Torso.. she is suffering from pain in her foot.... she readily admits she will need help at home, which all points to the hospital knowing she's not fit to go home. She's underweight, and not eating enough...

They're not prisons, they're keeping you, Pepper .. .. to get you well enough so you can go home and live a normal life with some personal help there..

It's highly frustrating for you to be in hospital I understand that totally.. but if you leave now, you'll be back within days and maybe in worse condition, meaning an even longer hospital stay ... and I'm sure you know that really.. ...
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Based on my own experience with my mother, I think you are the voice of reason here.
 
Pepper said:
’m being treated like an invalid with dementia. They have put my back against the wall. I’m thinking that I d rather be dead as a free person than to have care forced upon me and be treated like an endless cash supply.

I fell asleep which is why I haven’t checked back in a while. I am very angry and upset to the point that I don’t care about my well being. My well being is my business I won’t have it forced on me
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Them saying that you have dementia carries more weight than you saying you don't.
Being angry and upset has never helped anyone. Cool and calm is the ticket home. Come on, Pepper, you know you're a tough cookie.
 
astralcat said:
What about a medical Ombudsman? They would focus on fair treatment and the safety of a patient.
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Yes. The thing is that takes time and Ive worked myself into a frenzy as they said two days ago that I would be released tomorrow. My DIL gets dates out of them which they ignore or they say something wasn’t signed.

This has been going on for awhile and I’m sick of it. Every day they keep me they make money. That’s the bottom line.
 
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