My mom is scheduled for home physical therapy at her assisted living facility. (She broke her wrist & had a plate put in). There is an outbreak of the flu at the facility and the physical therapy company was told they can't come over & that the facility would call them when it was ok to return. I am furious that my mom is not receiving the treatment that has been ordered by her orthopedic Dr.
I have looked through the paperwork & can't find anything addressing quarantine protocols.
I think I would be glad they're being proactive in trying to contain the outbreak.
Something similar happened at the last rehab facility my mother was in. When Dad visited her on Sat. afternoon and I arrived just before he left, we both observed that the roommate was coughing extensively, a very wet and aggressive cough. The next day Dad became ill, I had to take him to the ER, and I became ill as well, both with similar type coughs.
I learned later that the coughing woman had been moved to isolation, but not before Dad and I both got sick. I got a bad sore throat as well, and had no health insurance at that time. Mom died Sunday morning. Was it from something she caught from the cougher? We'll never know, but Mom wasn't walking and had no hope for recovery at that time. She had that 1000 yard stare so in retrospect, he death then wasn't unexpected. She just gave up.
The facility should have acted sooner, but we were still in the infancy of learning nursing home protocols and I didn't think to alert any of the staff. Mea culpa.
So your Mom misses a week or two of physical therapy, there are worse things to worry about.