“When are you picking her up?,” the social worker asked. “I am NOT picking her up. I am not transporting a ninety-nine year old woman with a fractured hip in a car without the help of an aide or otherwise. (The aides don’t come to the hospital). She has to come home in an ambulette in a wheelchair.” And, everything has to be IN PLACE or NO GO.” Medicare pays for twenty days of physical therapy in a hospital. My mother’s benefit allegedly ended today; I received a call from the hospital social worker informing me that … Continue reading →