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I am so sorry, but right now this isn't about a move. This is about wounds that are no healing and perhaps worsening despite care. You may be looking soon at palliative or hospice care, as this will eventually go to sepsis and a rapid death is there cannot be healing.
Without movement, activity, exercise, circulation, excellent nutrition, being out of bed, it is almost impossible to heal decubiti. You will find much information online.
Please see an attorney. Application for Medicaid must be done so that coverage can happen in SNF setting where he needs to be in this ACUTE condition.
I'm so sorry. Hope you will update us.
Don't try and deal with them, go to DHHS, Ombudsman and Medicare, their treatment of him is criminal.
Stop paying for his care. He should be paying and if he is out of funds why was the facility social worker not helping you to file for Medicaid.
If the facility will not send Dad to the hospital, then you call and have an ambulance sent to take him. Stage 5 bedsores are serious. Seems this SNF is not caring for them properly. I agree, woundcare once a week is not enough. The SNF may not allow him back, good, u can find another place.
You need to find out what the admitting papers say. If it says there were pressure points noted, redness, then they were very aware that those areas should be looked at regularly for any breakdown. Precautions should have been taken. And, as said, once a week woundcare is not enough. I would put inva complaint with an ombudsman. Maybe even sue.
As for financial concerns, please contact Medicare directly to ask about his billing situation. If they won’t speak to you because of lack of POA, then pose your questions as general situations ie “suppose this was the situation” to get them to give you situational information.
I don’t understand why it is costing so much so soon. Typically Medicare pays the full cost for the first 20 days and then about 80% for another period of time. If he has Part B secondary insurance, that usually pays at least some of the cost when Medicare stops paying 100%. Again, call Medicare. Do not pay for his costs out of your own money! Use his $ or if he doesn’t have any consult with Medicaid about applying for benefits. If he is a veteran, begin applying for VA benefits.
Your immediate instinct to send him back to the hospital is what I might do if I felt he was not going to get adequate care for the bedsores. They can progress quickly and make him very sick. if caught soon enough and given proper treatment, they can heal but will always have to be managed carefully since they can easily come back. The neglect that this facility apparently operated under has caused a new issue that may prevent him from ever being accepted at the AL level. AL is not set up to handle wound care. Once a week wound care by this facility for what you describe is ridiculous!
I am sorry you are having to deal with this on top of his stroke. A lawsuit will not restore his skin if this spirals out of control, but it may help recover some $. There are other things you can do. Report this facility to Medicare-Office of Inspector General (OIG). They will want as much detail as you can provide about the neglect. The federal government inspects and rates NH facilities because they receive federal benefits through Medicare.
A friend of a friend got bedsores that got infected and became a bone infection. Very hard to treat and this has been going on for a year or more!
You should NOT be paying for dad to be in a SNF. I hope you are using his money, When his money is gone he will need to go to a facility that accepts Medicaid. If his funds are low, apply now.
Best of luck
All of the things a SNF (not specifically the one he is in - I agree with others - there are issues there). does for the resident are essentially included in the price. (with the possible exception of medications, and additional therapy). ALF is usually a basic level of care between independent and skill nursing - so the expectation is that they will do LESS for him than the SNF. And many of the things that he may need to "add on" will cost extra.
So if you aren't careful - having a resident who needs Skilled Nursing 24/7 in an ALF, where he is expected to met a lot of his own needs, but have the additional help in an emergency or pay extra for an add on - could end up costing more in the long run.
He needs a skills assessment - to determine what level of care he really needs. If all of his ADLs (activities of daily living) are being provided by the SNF and he needs that and can no longer do those things himself- it's going to be extra cost at ALF to do those things for him.
As to the wound care- my FIL was in what we considered a wonderful SNF and they had an external would care specialist that came in once a week to check any wounds AND they had specially trained would care nurses on site 24/7 who were responsible for his wound care. By virtue of being almost 300 pounds and nearly bedridden- he was very susceptible to bed sores/pressure sores. The wound care team took quite a bit of care to ensure that compromised skin never progressed any further. They made sure that all of the staff - even the ones that didn't have the specialty training - were taught how to relief pressure, they got him an air mattress to shift his weight for him.
He may not be a true candidate for ALF, but there are SNF out there that regularly engage in the care of wounds and ensure that they get the care they need.
Once the patient is in stage 3, it can quickly turn into stage 4. To treat it, you need special nursing care, daily attention to cleaning and dressing, and most important, ensuring that the pressure sores do not undergo any pressure while the treatment is going on.
It seems the care routine at the facility is not helping despite the exorbitant monthly charges. I would recommend that you hire professional care yourself to treat the wounds, which can take months. Where that kind of service can be provided to your grandfather, I have no suggestion. I would do it at home if at all possible.