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Mission Hospitals' social worker wants to discharge my brother right now and said they will send him to a shelter.
He has suffered a severe TBI, is not cleared to be walking for more than 50lbs of pressure in his left leg. He has a brain injury so he doesn't know exactly how to translate that. Neither do I. The resident PA said, "since he can eat, and get himself to the bathroom, he doesn't meet the criteria to be here".
We understand that. We expressed that sending him to my grandmother's house would be an unsafe environment because he cannot be left alone and I cannot care for my grandmother and him at the same time.
When we expressed to the social worker that he can't be left alone, her response was,
" hire a babysitter ". You don't just hire a babysitter for a patient that can't walk and that has a brain injury.
The resident PA also told us,"he doesn't need rehab". 🤯
We are awaiting his medicaid to be approved so he can go into a rehab facility, then transfer to a long term facility so that he can flourish with others that have the same needs.
He cannot prepare meals, take his own meds, or physically navigate himself in the right direction. He needs professional, medical care.
We are at a loss at how to proceed with this urgency to discharge him.
We called Adult Protective Services to intervene and that's when the hospital gave us 24 hours to give them an address to discharge.
If anyone knows anyone with experience in this and what his rights are to help him get to the place he needs, we would would be forever grateful.