Yesterday, I called a nursing home that was closer to my huse, Lieberman's to see where my brother was on the mailing list. I may have mentioned that I have previously called, trying to place hm there. It used to be there said they didn't take anyone until they were 65. But I asked my case manager to work on it and he got put on the list. But when I called yesterday, they really put me off. They said that it would be very unlikely they would take him because they give priority to residents who are ini assisted living in their system (they are a non-profit). It took me quite a while to find out how many people were even on the public aid list. This actually doesn't surprise me. It's really hard to place him because he's on public aid and nursing homes figure he will live a long time because of his age. This is discrimination because he is developmentally disabled and I'm not sure that there is anything I can do about it, from what I understand, it's not even against the law. As long as the nursing homes have medicad beds, they can pick and choose who they want to fill them.
I found this very depressing. I went and had breakfast with him, he was looking pretty good, and I was reflecting that he could live a long time, and I'm not sure how long I'm going to last going to drive for an hour and a half, twice a week, to visit him. Plus, it's very disappointing to not have an easy way to bring him to my house.
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