08-09-2019, 10:37 PM
Blankity Blank wrote:From what we were told a few years ago by a contact at the Alzheimer’s Foundation, some or all nursing homes are mandated to set aside a certain number of beds for Medicaid recipients. However, the homes’ strong preference is for patients with means to pay from their own funds, so negotiating your way into one of these reserved spots is not the easiest. She recommended finding a social worker or other consultant familiar with the process to assist in placement.
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Catching pneumonia may have been a lucky break for you. I'm guessing you can stay in the hospital for a few days. Does the nursing/rehab center stay "reset" to give you more time? Or is the last day still still Monday regardless?
I'm really just guessing here but doesn't Medicaid help pay for a nursing home? I have to imagine you qualify for Medicaid with no income and no savings.
He currently has a bed in a nursing facility (until Monday), so "having his foot in the door" may help the situation with Medicaid. But since no one has mentioned Medicaid until an hour ago when I brought it up, I get the feeling that this is not an option for him currently for whatever reason. Access to dialysis may shrink the pool of available nursing/rehab centers even more unfortunately.
*Edit* Since you are in the hospital currently, take advantage of the hospital social worker as much as possible. You are your own best advocate. Don't sign those hospital discharge papers until you (and the hospital) knows where you are going next. And that there is a bed waiting for you somewhere.