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To some extent I think things vary by state. Here in MO we have nursing homes and within those nursing homes there is usually a "memory care" unit, a locked unit for people with profound dementia that is not easily accessible to residents and visitors.
When I hear the term "memory care" I think of a specific and separate wing of a nursing home for people with dementia.
I don't know of a geriatric/psych hospital here in St. Louis and I work in healthcare. There are psychiatric wings attached to hospitals and included are adolescent, adult, and geriatric which are all separated from one another.
From what you wrote I would say that your husband is in the hospital.
Start calling some nursing homes. I'd be very VERY surprised if there aren't a plethora of nursing homes that have memory units and take Medicaid. What state?
OMG, I couldn't imagine what you went through when you were pinned to a wall by another patient and having that patient screaming at you. I would have been so scared to ever return as a visitor to the facility. But think about it, every day the employees are in such an environment, they probably get pinned, kicked, cussed at on a regular basis. It is just the way it is.
So sorry that you have to go through this with your husband.
She said the primary difference was wandering. The memory care unit was more secure and intended to prevent residents from walking off the premises. The other factor was behavior that would be disturbing to the other residents. Both units dealt with people with dementia, but the memory care unit had a higher staff ratio to deal with problematic behaviors. Someone who wanders does not necessarily have more severe behavioral problems, but they need more monitoring to keep them safe.
In my mother's nursing home the second floor is their memory care unit. Again, security is a main difference. My observation is that most of the residents on Mom's floor have dementia. (Not all, certainly, and I'm just estimating by observation.) Only those that are at risk for wandering off or need more personal attention are on the second floor.