The only significant matter to report is this: the hospital seems to be leaning toward releasing Janine to a residential rehabilitation facility, where she can get ongoing care and rehabilitation physical therapy. But that will depend on several issues, including:
- What the PT assesssment undertaken this afternoon reveals;
- The availability of residential beds (Good Sam, her first choice, does not have a bed and will not for at least a week); and
- The acceptance of a recommendation for inpatient rehab from both the “receiving” center (where she would go) and Medicare.
Because Good Sam is unavailable, she selected Encompass (formerly CHI Rehabilitation). Now, we’ll wait and see whether she will be accepted and authorized and, if so, when this will take place and for how long.
It’s possible the PT department will recommend home health care, instead; I hope not, in that I think she would get far better treatment in a facility designed for it.
Time will tell. I hope not too much time.
My husband has been in Encompass Rehab in Plano last year and Richardson this year both followed by at home therapy provided by Encompass. We both were pleased with the service and results. Give my best to Janine along with warm and healing thoughts. The worst thing about this years rehab was just like a hospital stay, I could not visit him. Thinking of both of you. Pauline
I hope it all works out and that Janine gets into a safe and caring rehab facility. Been thinking of you both.
John, Hope she is accepted at CHI. I think much better than Good Sam (my recent experience) I had home rehab after I got out of Good Sams for two months with CHI Home Health, and I was very happy with them. . Meg