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[quote=Anonymous]Elderly family member with a UTI was admitted to the ER Wednesday night, feverish, very weak and unsteady, and delirious.  They decided almost immediately to admit but didn’t have a room so she spent 24 hours in the ER before moving up on Thursday afternoon.

We have had someone there almost continuously, but during some time when someone stepped out a person came in and told her that when she is better she will go to rehab and had her sign a paper that says she is in outpatient observation.  She didn’t mention this to anyone, I found the paper when I was tidying up late at night.

I am hoping they mean the night in the ER was outpatient and she is now inpatient, because Medicare will only pay for rehab if you were inpatient.

Any experience?  And why, when she is clearly delirious, would they have her sign anything significant when she has had someone with her almost the whole time.  Literally this must have been when someone went to the cafeteria for a few minute.  [/quote]

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