tryingtoplease
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What is the name of your state?CA
My mom had a massive stroke on the right side on Tuesday morning. I've been at the hospital 24 hrs. til today. The nurses said it would be better to have family to watch her rather than restrain her as she can become quite agitated at times (no doubt, I would too, if all of a sudden my body wouldn't respond as it should).
I have AHCD and have had relatively few probs so far. My next step is to find a SNF (with room) that can handle her rehab and therapy needs. I have researched numerous sites, including calnhs.org and canhr.org. What bothered me is the fact that I know, from news articles to actually being in the facilities due to our business that some are deplorable, i.e 120 complaints per avg of 8.5 avg, but yet some of these sites will give them a 2 1/2 rating (out of 3), so I don't know that I believe their "rating system".
I called the DHS office in our local region and they could not really offer much help. Does anyone know of a "relatively" reliable site or number or agency I can get some data from. This is an important decision I have to make in a very short period of time in an unexplored territory and any insight would be appreciated. I have obviously asked the patient advocate and case worker but all they can do is give a list and not make any recommendation.
I've been her long enough to know this is not a legal question but more of a hey, I know where to check! question that perhaps Doc or Toddy or someone can shed some light on.
Thanks.
My mom had a massive stroke on the right side on Tuesday morning. I've been at the hospital 24 hrs. til today. The nurses said it would be better to have family to watch her rather than restrain her as she can become quite agitated at times (no doubt, I would too, if all of a sudden my body wouldn't respond as it should).
I have AHCD and have had relatively few probs so far. My next step is to find a SNF (with room) that can handle her rehab and therapy needs. I have researched numerous sites, including calnhs.org and canhr.org. What bothered me is the fact that I know, from news articles to actually being in the facilities due to our business that some are deplorable, i.e 120 complaints per avg of 8.5 avg, but yet some of these sites will give them a 2 1/2 rating (out of 3), so I don't know that I believe their "rating system".
I called the DHS office in our local region and they could not really offer much help. Does anyone know of a "relatively" reliable site or number or agency I can get some data from. This is an important decision I have to make in a very short period of time in an unexplored territory and any insight would be appreciated. I have obviously asked the patient advocate and case worker but all they can do is give a list and not make any recommendation.
I've been her long enough to know this is not a legal question but more of a hey, I know where to check! question that perhaps Doc or Toddy or someone can shed some light on.
Thanks.