{"id":15911,"date":"2020-05-06T12:09:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/?page_id=15911"},"modified":"2020-06-01T12:22:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T16:22:21","slug":"considerations-removing-loved-one-nursing-home-facility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/considerations-removing-loved-one-nursing-home-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Considerations Before Removing a Loved One From a Nursing Home or Other Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15917\" src=\"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_1698309571\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shutterstock_1698309571-1160x773.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We all know how hard the greater New York metropolitan area has been affected by COVID 19.\u00a0\u00a0 Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been grappling with its spread among residents and staff.\u00a0 They have closed their doors to visitors and instituted other measures that have the affect of isolating residents from each other and from the outside world.\u00a0 It is not unusual for family members to consider bringing their loved ones home, especially if they are home to provide or monitor care.\u00a0 However, moving a loved one home from a facility requires careful consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Individuals in facilities are often fragile.\u00a0 A change in an environment can negatively impact one who suffers with dementia or Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u00a0 One whose capacity is diminished may have a difficult time adjusting to the new environment &#8211; even when that may be a place with which they were formerly very familiar.\u00a0 Suddenly, when they awake, they are in \u201cdifferent\u201d surroundings, new people, and not the ones they are used to seeing and hearing, are administering to them.\u00a0 They may become anxious or disoriented and, if the plan is to readmit them once the pandemic is under control, the process is repeated when they later return to the facility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you bring a loved one home, who will care for them?\u00a0 The pandemic has caused a reduction in the availability of home health aides.\u00a0 Those who currently have home care are experiencing difficulties both finding and maintaining aides.\u00a0 Naturally, you will have concerns about the health of individuals who are coming into your home.\u00a0 Where do these aides live and with whom?\u00a0 Who have they been exposed to?\u00a0 Who else do they work for when they are not with us?\u00a0 What if they become ill?\u00a0 And, it must be remembered that, each time we change the caretaker, our loved one has a new adjustment to make.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If your loved one is receiving Medicaid benefits, you must consider the continuity of those benefits when deciding to make a move.\u00a0 Medicaid requires notice and a conversion of benefits if one moves home from a nursing home, even if that move is only temporary.\u00a0 Moreover, the facility in which your loved one resided will not \u201chold\u201d the bed without cost and, when the process is reversed, there may not be a place in the desired facility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These considerations are all important and should be carefully analyzed before making a move.\u00a0 Under the right circumstances, with the proper protections in place and the availability of family members to oversee and supplement care, a move home may be beneficial, whether it is temporary or permanent.\u00a0 It all depends on the options and available space to house your loved one.\u00a0 If you are considering moving a loved one from a facility, contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/new-york-medicaid-planning-and-applications\/\">Medicaid planning attorneys<\/a> at Berwitz &amp; DiTata so we can discuss the safest and most appropriate option for your loved one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We all know how hard the greater New York metropolitan area has been affected by COVID 19.\u00a0\u00a0 Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been grappling with its spread among residents and staff.\u00a0 They have closed their doors to visitors and instituted other measures that have the affect of isolating residents from each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berwitz-ditata.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}