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This is my problem. Even if I can get help to get to the doctor and back I can’t find any help getting around for emergencies and things like prescriptions and groceries and I’m unable to drive. I need to go get meds today and Medicaid needs 5 days notice. So I have to go 5 days without meds. Surely there’s another option somehow.
Is the Social Worker or discharge planner aware of ur situation. If not, they should be. They have to know when they send you home you have no support. Otherwise, its considered an unsafe discharge.
Any service the Hospital will call to take you home, you will be responsible for paying for. Are you on Medicaid for health or in home care? If so they provide transportation but you may have to be signed up with them. Your County Senior bussing can pick you up. But, you need to talk to the Social Worker to get help.
Call your disability caseworker or conservator. Someone is paying for your housing, food, healthcare, and the computer you're using right now.
Call them. Or you could lift a finger to help yourself and call a few pharmacies that acually have delivery service.
You are putting me in memory of the story of the fox and the grapes.
There was this hungry fox laying out in a field. He was crying and lamenting about how he was starving and he had no food. Then miraculously a vine of grapes appeared above him. All the fox had to do was reach up and take them.
The fox wanted the grapes to fall directly into his mouth. So he sat there in the field crying and lamenting about how hungry he was until he died of starvation.
Don't be the fox. Take some steps to help yourself.
My own hospital typically gave out cab vouchers if a patient's mobility didn't allow public transit. We signed out cab vouchers much in the same way we signed out drugs.
If you are discharge and have no way to go home contact social services, or have the discharge nurses do that for you.
This is confusing. Most pharmacist will deliver these days. I don’t understand the piece about Medicaid making you wait. As far as transportation goes, if you belong to a church, you may have access to volunteers who will drive you. Also, if you have a senior center nearby they may have transportation available very inexpensively. Also, I don’t know where you live but your hospital social worker should know the local senior services.
Medicaid has a transportation service but looks like they ask for a five day window to take Lromero to appts. Her problem seems to be if she needs to see a Dr at the spur of the moment. I live in a small community. We have no Senior center. Church #s are dwindling. People don't volunteer like they used to.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
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APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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The hospital might call a cab for you if you're unable to use Uber or Lyft.
You could ask the hospital if they have a van service that could take you home.
My worry is what about when you ARE home. What support do you have for groceries, any help you may need at home?
Hospital will arrange a ride for you home, through one of the ride services, if their vans are busy or have stopped running for the day
Any service the Hospital will call to take you home, you will be responsible for paying for. Are you on Medicaid for health or in home care? If so they provide transportation but you may have to be signed up with them. Your County Senior bussing can pick you up. But, you need to talk to the Social Worker to get help.
Call your disability caseworker or conservator. Someone is paying for your housing, food, healthcare, and the computer you're using right now.
Call them. Or you could lift a finger to help yourself and call a few pharmacies that acually have delivery service.
You are putting me in memory of the story of the fox and the grapes.
There was this hungry fox laying out in a field. He was crying and lamenting about how he was starving and he had no food. Then miraculously a vine of grapes appeared above him. All the fox had to do was reach up and take them.
The fox wanted the grapes to fall directly into his mouth. So he sat there in the field crying and lamenting about how hungry he was until he died of starvation.
Don't be the fox. Take some steps to help yourself.
If you are discharge and have no way to go home contact social services, or have the discharge nurses do that for you.
It came back up because Lromero reponded to a reply. This person has posted their own question.
https://www.agingcare.com/questions/i-am-having-trouble-finding-resources-for-care-and-also-with-transportation-unless-i-give-medicaid-5-485704.htm
Also, I don’t know where you live but your hospital social worker should know the local senior services.