Skilled Nursing Home - HELP! posted by MJC @ 06:56 PM September 29, 2008

MJC — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:56:15 -0000

Please google "A Place For Mom". I found this web site and was contacted within an hour. They found a place and are helping me with oodles of other things.

Skilled Nursing Home - HELP! posted by Anonymous @ 07:16 PM June 30, 2008

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:16:10 -0000

Thank you Greg & Missy,

Just an FYI for both.

Missy, we have been using homecare during the day but take care of him during the evenings and weekends ourselves - the homecare people cannot do anything medical such as cut fingernails, take medication out of bottles, change catheters, bowel stimulation, apply duadurms, etc. We are continually having to take off work to meet with medical staff and take care of all medical things that cannot wait. Great idea if we could continue. Also the cost is outrageous and only about $25K difference for skilled nursing home, which includes food, meds, 24 hour medical care, activities, physical therapy, etc. It's near impossible to transport him and in some cases if he has to go to the hospital, we've had to use an ambulance because Outreach, etc. will not pick up if it's not scheduled. Again, just an FYI.

Greg, thank you for your information. I will definitely look into Plum Tree. Believe it or not, right after the accident over a year ago we were kicked out of Manor Care because my father was unable to do rehab and they sent him to Stanford where we found out he was in Acute Renal Failure. Because of our experience there and our recent experience at Our Lady of Fatima Villa, I am reaching out for suggestions.

My father is not a trach or ventilator patient (one good thing going for us!) but he is paralyzed from the chest down and uses a catheter full time. He is in good spirits, good humored, not combative and non-abusive (another thing going for us).

I appreciate everyone's responses in this very difficult time.

Regards

Skilled Nursing Home - HELP! posted by Missy @ 06:05 PM June 30, 2008

Missy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:05:54 -0000

Hi Greg,

Welcome to Caring's community! Thanks so much for providing that great information! I'm hopeful it'll be really useful to the original poster!

Skilled Nursing Home - HELP! posted by gregmcmorrow @ 05:34 PM June 30, 2008

gregmcmorrow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:34:23 -0000

Hello!

There are two reputable nursing facilities that might be a good fit as long as your father is not using medi-cal, and is not a tracheotomy or ventilator patient. The second one listed also will not perform blood transfusions.

Manor Care (sunnyvale) Admissions Director is Kanchana 408-735-7200

Plum Tree (near Good Samaritan Hospital) 408 356-8181

Good luck and I hope you find a place that works for you.

Greg McMorrow

Brannons Medical

Skilled Nursing Home - HELP! posted by Missy @ 08:38 PM June 27, 2008

Missy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:38:21 -0000

Hello! Thanks for posting.

Unfortunately, I am unfamiliar with the South Bay area, so I won't be of much help. But what about exploring other options, such as home care? That may give you some more control over the care he receives.

Please keep us updated and I'm really hopeful for you that someone else will have some great recommendations.

Skilled Nursing Home - HELP! posted by Anonymous @ 05:15 PM June 27, 2008

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:15:48 -0000

Hi,

We're having trouble finding a reputable skilled nursing home in the South Bay that will take my father who is a paraplegic. We've researched many of them and their deficiencies and the few that we've found have turned us down because they feel that he takes a lot of care (he has a catheter, needs bowel simulation, needs to be turned to prevent bed sores, etc.) Can anybody recommend a good, clean, friendly, healthy, reputable skilled nursing home that will take paraplegics?

We've kept him home taking care of him ourselves for more than a year, but its becoming increasingly difficult and we're at a point where we need more help. Of course it's not our first choice to move him, but we're out of options.

Please respond if you have great suggestions.