What happened to my 87 year old mom in rehab?
This retrospective study describes the outcomes of rehabilitation of persons 90 years and older with fracture of the proximal femur. During a one-year period, 18 persons (17 women, one man), range 91 to 102 years (means 93 years), were referred from …
What happened to Kelly Ripa's elbow?
Mar 01, 2018 · Yvonne King, 91, is now homeless after she was told she must leave the home she’s lived in for over 50 years. “I want to live content …
What happened to my 81 year old mom who fell off bike?
You must pay the inpatient hospital deductible for each benefit period. There's no limit to the number of benefit periods. Days 1-60: $1,556 deductible.*. Days 61-90: $389 coinsurance each day. Days 91 and beyond: $778 coinsurance per each “lifetime reserve day” after day 90 for each benefit period (up to a maximum of 60 reserve days over ...
Who is responsible for broken bones in nursing home residents?
Apr 06, 2011 · My 81 year old mom fell off her bike 2 weeks ago. She broke her pelvis in 2 places in addition to her elbow. After surgery on the elbow, she was moved to rehab center. After 2 rounds of PT, she was in severe pain. She now refuses PT because of the pain, is on heavy pain meds, and has been given more exrays. She has not seen one exray.
How long does it take to get into an inpatient rehab facility?
You’re admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility within 60 days of being discharged from a hospital.
What is part A in rehabilitation?
Inpatient rehabilitation care. Part A covers inpatient hospital stays, care in a skilled nursing facility, hospice care, and some home health care. Health care services or supplies needed to diagnose or treat an illness, injury, condition, disease, or its symptoms and that meet accepted standards of medicine.
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Rehab is releasing my 89-year-old father. They say he needs 24-hour-care but wants to come home. Can they stop me from taking him home?
Entering the assembly line
I’ve worked in, studied and taught health care for the past 30 years, so I knew more than the rest of my family did about the maze of complexity, uncertainty and risk that my mother was entering.
Learning about bundles
Had bundle-related pressures affected my mother’s post-surgery treatment and what we felt was a too-hurried effort by the hospital to get her up and moving — and into a rehab facility?
Not working for her
What we saw during the first week my mother was in the rehabilitation facility made me feel as if the “bundle” was, in fact, working against her. Given her dementia-impaired reasoning, getting her up and walking and doing the many things required by rehab was going to be difficult and was going to take time.
An unrealistic policy
For years I’ve believed and taught my students that fee-for-service medicine was a wasteful, dysfunctional way to reimburse providers for health care. Maybe it still is.
Why do older people break bones?
Elderly people are particularly susceptible to broken bones because as bones age, they lose the ability to resist the formation and growth of cracks that can lead to bone breaks because they cannot withstand as much pressure as younger bones. Unfortunately, as we age, our bodies ability to heal fractures is compromised.
Where are fractures most common in nursing homes?
Fractures from osteoporosis are most common in the spine and hips (bones that directly support your weight), and the wrists from bracing. Therefore, nursing home staff should take extra precautions to prevent falls and provide adequate nutrition to maintain the well-being of residents.
Why are elderly people at risk for fractures?
Elderly nursing home residents who have osteoporosis (porous weak bones) or other conditions that lead to weakened bones or decreased bone density are at risk for bone fractures. Weak bones have low levels of calcium, phosphorous, and other minerals in the bones, which makes people more susceptible to fractures because the bones are more brittle.
What is the association between thiazolidinedione and bone fracture?
A recent study suggests that there is an association between a drug introduced in the 1990s to help treat type 2 diabetes (thiazolidinediones) and bone fracture. The increased risk of fracture increased as the duration of the drug treatment increased and was observed in both men and women.