why would they want this. Medical question ahead.

[sheramom4]

Yes they want us to put her in an inpatient care that her insurance won't cover and my parents can't afford. It's also 10 hours from my dad and he doesn't want her that far away. If they insist on an inpatient rehab we would like to choose the one where she works as her insurance will cover it, it's 10 mins away, and she knows everyone since she works there. I don't like how this one inpatient rehab is the only place they say they will let her go.

What do you mean they won't let her go? If you want her in a certain rehab bring her there. I'm not understanding why you can't make that decision. How are they stopping you?

The hospital said they won't release her until she agrees to go to this facility. It feels like they are trying to make my mom a rule follower to the t to agree to something that doesn't feel right.

Call the patient advocate. If that doesn't work call the medical insurance as well as someone in charge at the hospital (doctor, someone on the board, etc). If they won't release her to the preferred location call the insurance company and let them know she is checking out AMA and that she still needs a bed at the other location and WHY she is checking out.
I also leery based on experience we had when my husband was in the hospital about 18 months ago. They refused to release him and even tried to claim he wasn't capable of making the decision to leave AMA. In a five day hospital stay a doctor saw him three times. They claimed insurance would not cover supplemental oxygen despite me being on the phone with the insurance company and handing the phone off to the person in charge of securing the oxygen. They didn't have him see any specialists to find out what was going on and his oxygen walk test had to be redone four times as the CNA doing it messed it up three times.
I finally asked how much the oxygen was...it was $50 for the month. I paid it and we left. He needed it for less than a week and the company who delivered refunded us the money. The next step was simply leaving as I had already secured a back up plan with the VA for oxygen. His PCP couldn't even figure out why they kept him so long and stated that if they had treated him correctly in the first place it would have been an overnight stay at most.

[Nopeville]

Are you all trying to avoid paying for in-patient rehab? If not, why don't you want your mom to get 24 hour care? She obviously needs it if she's been in the hospital twice with brain bleeds so close together, no matter your excuses. The hospital might also be checking to make sure she's not being abused.

Yes they want us to put her in an inpatient care that her insurance won't cover and my parents can't afford. It's also 10 hours from my dad and he doesn't want her that far away. If they insist on an inpatient rehab we would like to choose the one where she works as her insurance will cover it, it's 10 mins away, and she knows everyone since she works there. I don't like how this one inpatient rehab is the only place they say they will let her go.

That makes zero sense. Who is "they"? Is it the attending doctor? The hospital social worker? Her PCP? Who is the actual hold up? Is there something special about the other rehab? Do they have a specific treatment her care team says she needs? The truth is, she can always leave the hospital AMA (against medical advice) and no one can stop her. If the place she works at can provide the care she needs, call her insurance and secure her a bed there and move her. The worst that can happen is the hospital will call adult protective services, claiming medical neglect, but that would likely be closed as soon as they know you have a placement for her.

[Valentina327]

2 days ago my mom fell and needed 6 stiches above her eye, is bruised and sore, and had 2 small brain bleeds. One that has gone away and the other we will see when they take the scan tomorrow. She is currently in a nero step down unit and doing well. In January she had a mini stroke with a small brain bleed but she was sent home the next day after it stopped and she had to go to PT/OT for a few weeks until they realeased here back to work. They are now saying they want her to go to a rehab center so she can get the pt/ot she needs. My mom works at a nursing home and they already confirmed they will do any pt/ot that she needs. My dad has said that he can take her to any appointments that she needs to go to.

She's better then the last time they realeased her so I don't get why they would want her in a short term rehab place instead of home. She can walk fine, passes all the cognitive tests with flying colors etc. She fractured her hip a few years ago and was laid up for weeks and that was never suggested then. Can anyone in the medical community explain why they would want this. We have all asked and they aren't really giving us or my mom many answers. My sister thinks we should go to her hospital social worker tomorrow when she's in to see if we can get more answers.

I'm going to hazard a guess because she keeps having similar events so they're being more cautious. Possibly they want to observe her for a bit.

[madfoodie]

This post can't be real.

[Deleted User 1018]

She had two events, one major, within a relative short time. The rehab place would give her 24 hr care to make sure she can function on her own.

[Halleys_mommy_1]

3 brain bleeds in a short period? Anyone would benefit from some PT/OT.
Plus it will give her some time to rest. TBIs can be exhausting.

[agander2017]

Sounds like she's a fall risk, and they want to make sure it doesn't happen.