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[quote=Anonymous]FIL has fairly advanced dementia. Still verbal but always confused and doesn’t know anyone anymore. Frequently agitated. He was in a rehab/nursing facility that had been facilitating his transfer to another nursing home, but that has not happened yet for reasons I don’t know. His medical needs seem to be too advanced for most memory care facilities in his area, as far as we have seen. He is on several waitlists at other nursing homes.

He woke up in the middle of the night (regular occurrence), got confused, and grew violent after wandering into another patient’s room thinking it was his, after staff tried to reorient him to his room. He ended up knocking down two of the staff, one of whom apparently went to the ER (which is likely the small, rural 24/7 ambulatory care place next door not a trauma center!). The next day, the nursing home called one of his local children to take him home. No notice, just, come pick him up. And now apparently the other facility won’t take him either….. They have been trying for months to find a suitable place for him as he cannot be cared for at home anymore. His youngest child has been caring for him but is in well over his head. They are now in crisis management mode, again, after thinking they had found a safe place for him.

Medication management is clearly a challenge and may be a contributing factor. No memory patient safety measures in the facility exist. But how can a nursing home just basically dump a patient on the street?

I’m calling the local ombudsman tomorrow to see if they can help, at my SO’s request, but this is crazy, right? What recourse or path forward does the family have? An elder care attorney is already involved.[/quote]

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