Today is Saturday and I went to have breakfast with my brother. It was his friend Carol's last day at the nursing home, she is moving to another one. I asked her if she was excited and she said no, she was nervous because she didn't know how it was going to work out. I don't blame her. I told her I would call her in a few weeks to see how she liked it, it's a nursing home that is much, much closer to my house.
When I was walking out I asked the receptionist what the story was with Carol. She had a much different version. She said that she had been belligerent with the nurses and then called the cops, and that the nurses were unhappy with her. My tendency is to think that Carol has the most cognitive ability of the patients at the nursing home and was trying to protect her dignity.
Meanwhile, I got this note from Illinois Medicaid telling me that my brother has to sign up for a HMO. Fair enough, I know there is a lot of money wasted in the system. As I investigating, it turns out the State/HMOs haven't done their homework, and no one knows of any doctors in the system that will come to my brothers nursing home. I left a message for the social worker to call me, but of course no one has called me. More to come on that in future blogs, I'm sure....
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