My 95 year old mother will not stay in her bed...she roams and is totally confused and thinks she can do things she no longer can...she is very feeble...she fell getting out of her bed about 2 weeks ago and had to go to the ER...thankfully nothing was broken but she had to have 9 stitches for a split lip and had a swollen black eye and various bruises on her body...I feel like a hospital bed would prevent her from getting up when no one is in the room with her. I have asked her Doctor before and he said she has to have a listed condition for medicare to pay, i.e. difficulty breathing, etc...this was about a year ago, but her dementia is sooo much worse now.
When my mom became immobile, we put mesh side rails on the bed. We purchased them from Amazon...they were able to drop and slide under the mattress. That worked for over a year until she finally was able to get a hospital bed. She was able to qualify for it when she was totally incontinent along with being immobile. I needed to be able to raise the bed to change and bathe her. I had to make cloth covers for the side rails because her for would slide between the rails. I worried about the getting hurt.
The process for getting the bed was long... It took us about 3 months. We had a prescription from the doctor. Then they wanted all the doctors records. I made copies and took those down. Then they wanted to talk to the doctor. Then they requested a letter on letter head with specific information included. Also note that Medicare will only pay for a hand crank model. It takes 25-30 cranks on ours to raise it... Then the same to lower it. I do that every 2-3 hours to change mom. It is crazy!
Call hospice and ask them to evaluate her for their care. They will provide a bed.
If your mom lives with you and it’s gettinh hard to provide care to her ask the hospital social worker about long term care facilities.
Good luck!
Is it electric? I hope you can get HH or Hospice. I’m sure they can help you learn a few things about caring for your mom in the new bed.
Keep us posted on how she’s doing.