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[quote=Anonymous]I echo PP. Medicare does not pay for caregiver services. *Sometimes* people discharge from acute rehab and transition to a lower level of care - a skilled nursing facility - instead of going right home. Acute rehab is 3+ hours of intensive rehab a day, and it’s typically more intensive and a shorter length than SNF, which is 1-3 hours of therapy a day. I would ask the acute rehab if they might discharge your MIL to SNF rather than home, if her situation warrants it. The benefit of SNF is that if your MIL plateaus and still needs around the clock care, she can transition to a long-term care bed (and it’s good to select a SNF with LTC beds available). I would ask and see what the acute care facility says. But what they really want to know is that they won’t be stuck with a patient they cannot appropriately and safely discharge; they need to know that the family will assume care, whether that be provided by hired caregivers or family members. [/quote]
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