Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 --- katrena_wooden wrote: > Yesterday was a very trying day for me. Trying to > help my family find a nursing home for my grandmother has increased my stress level. With the increase in stress comes an increase in pain. Hi Katrena I just checked, and see that you are a fairly new member to the group. I hope we are helpful to you. I worked as an RN supervisor, in the nursing home section of a small hospital for 5 years, from 1994-1999. Please see the social services director, and the head of the billing department for financial information. I'm surprised that they haven't gone over this with you already. If your grandmother's affairs are not in order, please do so asap. Hopefully, you won't need a lawyer to take care of all these things. Once again, a social services employee, can help you with these things. The head of the billing department should too. If your grandmother is not coming from a hospital to the nursing home, needs IV therapy, or physical therapy, it is unlikely that Medicare will help at all. I know how you feel about placing your grandmother in a nursing home. No matter how nice the place is, it's still difficult. You, and your family will be in my thougths. Hopefully, your stress level will decrease soon, so your pain will too. Kaylene Moderator ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 > > --- katrena_wooden wrote: > > > Yesterday was a very trying day for me. Trying to > > help my family find a nursing home for my > grandmother has increased my stress level. With > the increase in stress comes an increase in pain. > Kaylene, I found this information on Medicare.gov: Medicare Under certain limited conditions, Medicare will pay some nursing home costs for Medicare beneficiaries who require skilled nursing or rehabilitation services. To be covered, you must receive the services from a Medicare certified skilled nursing home after a qualifying hospital stay. A qualifying hospital stay is the amount of time spent in a hospital just prior to entering a nursing home. This is at least three days. To learn more about Medicare payment for skilled nursing home costs, contact your Medicare Fiscal Intermediary or the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) in your State. The phone number for the Medicare Fiscal Intermediary or SHIP office in your area can be found in the Helpful Contacts section of this website. I would encourage Katrena to go to the website and get her contact for the state. Hope it helps. Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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