Can we move her back to the nursing home?

Yes, if you can move your mother home from the nursing home to home and then back to the nursing home if it doesn't work out.

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See all 320 questions about COPD few suggestions to help. If you can make it work at home, it will benefit your whole family.

1. Try to hire a geriatric care manager, who specializes in home care, to hel assess your home for workability and who will provide psychological support. It is wonderful to have someone who tells you, "You can do it." And then gives help to make it happen.
2. There will be details to work out. Does your mother have oxygen? Find out where the equipment will go and about the general mechanics of working with oxygen. Does you mother get up at night to urinate? Will you need a bedside cammode or can she walk to the bathroom? Is any lighting necessary?
3. Is your mother wakeful at night? If so is she independent or needing help. A family member can usually tolerate getting up once or twice,but may need help if too much sleep is missed.

4. Since your mother is on medicaid, check with your county to see what services are available for care at home. Is there a medicaid waiver? Is there a nursing home without walls program? Is there support for helping elders get out of the institution into the community? Or is there respite care for the family. Some assisted living homes have rooms for respite care if the family needs to go on vacation.

5. Trust your self. Your eye is good. It would be good to get your mother out of a wheelchair as much as possible. It is good for her lungs and good for her legs and good for her state of mind.

6. Use your mother's limited income to get help for yourself.You will have more time to do enjoyable things with your mother. What is it that you could use help with? Do you want a house cleaning service? Do you need help with shopping or laundry. Would it help to have someone come twice a week to give your mother a bath?
7. Don't try to do it all yourself. Create a little team, make it nice for yourself so your mother won't feel guilty.
8. Last, but not least, communicate with your siblings. Let them know your plans. Draw up a plan. Show how you would spend any money for the benefit of your mother. Include them in it as much as they would like.

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