Ready to go home?

SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Family Medical Center, 510 Balsam Rd. Hendersonville Nc., Susan Habel ,Rn. , Lori Garren,  Rn, "Cookie" Maude Romeo, and NC Board of Nursing, Care Partners, and Mission Hospital.
This time two years ago, Mom was in Mission Hospital in Asheville NC. She had been readmitted after about a week at Home. It was obvious at this time, that she should have never been released from Care Partners, in Asheville. Actually, she was not ready when they ran her out of Mission, after the surgery.
 This is why everyone should have a medical power of attorney. That is the only way you have any authority to stop them from being railroaded out if they're not ready. After the surgery, Mom was the only one that could stop them, and she really wanted to get out of there. They asked her if she was ready to go home, her reply was " if you say I am ".On the day she was to be discharged, my brother caught a nurse in the hall, and after some discussion, the nurse said she would see what she could do. She came back later on with tears in her eyes, and said she had postponed Mom's discharge. It was obvious that she was not ready to go anywhere, but we were powerless.
Two days later she was sent to Care Partners, in an ambulance. At this point, her progress was almost at a standstill. While at Care Partners, she wasn't eating or drinking enough, and was barely participating in her therapy. They would bring her food in and just leave it to get cold. We started taking turns going at meal time, to help her eat. We started bringing home cooked meals, and food we knew she would eat. She was beginning to regain her strength and actually recover from the surgery. But again, at the end of the Medicare approved stay, Care Partners decided she was magically ready to go home. They were nice enough to help us get the home medical supplies that would be needed.
Mom was finally home, she was sleeping in her own bed. She required round the clock care, everyone took turns looking after her. My sister spent the night every night in a chair at the end of the bed. It took two people to help with her showers, and she was unable to walk without assistance. Care Partners was supposed to provide home therapy, for a couple of weeks. The first time they were supposed to be there, the therapist called, and was lost. She cancelled, and said she would reschedule. After one week at home, Mom was back in Mission, she was slightly dehydrated, and was suffering with hemorrhoids.
The problems she was having, really had nothing to do with her surgery. They were a result of her premature discharge, first from Mission, then Care Partners. The problem was that she was forced to rehab before she was ready, and when she was able to participate, it wasn't long enough. It seemed that the medical personnel, had given up on her. Well, my Mom was a fighter, and she was not giving up, and we were not giving up on her!
The doctor at Mission this time was the ER doctor. He was the only one that really helped her to begin to recover. She was taken off several of her medications, and started improving. My sister later found out that some of the medications Care Partners sent her home with, were not supposed to be taken together. Things were looking up, but the family was deteriorating quickly.
More to come.