Hi. My mum has a older friend, aged 85, who is being kicked out of his nursing home. From what I know it's because if the fact he keeps going out for walks without any warning or telling anyone. He's paying properly too. They've given him two weeks to get a new location, and his friends won't accept him, nor his grand/children. I do know he's not happy with the place and have thought of moving to another one, but I was wondering if the nursing home can do this legally.
You can't be sent to another nursing home or made to leave the nursing home, unless any of these are true:
It's necessary for the welfare, health, or safety of you or others.
Your health has improved to the point that nursing home care is no longer necessary.
The nursing home hasn't been paid for services you got.
The nursing home closes.
You have these rights:
You have the right to appeal a transfer or discharge.
The nursing home can't make you leave if you're waiting to get Medicaid.
Except in emergencies, nursing homes must give a 30-day written notice of their plan and reason to discharge or transfer you.
The nursing home has to safely and orderly transfer or discharge you and give you proper notice of bed-hold and readmission requirements.
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It sounds like this facility is unlocked and your mums friend 1-doesn't want to be there and/or, 2-doesn't remember he lives there and is wondering off and may be unable to find his way back. In this instance, it's time for a locked facility for his safety.
At 85 years old he is crossing over to an age bracket which will demand more not less care, perhaps the home wants patients who require minimum care.
However, why would an elder go to a nursing home unless they need lots of help with those daily living chores. Most enter at the very end of their lives as no one "volunteers" to live in a home.
If this man could still take walks independently ---why was he in the home? Lots of questions with this situation.
I would check on the policies for this home, because your mother is in there. Will she be forced to leave? Get their licensing documents from the state agency which oversees them and then get their literature for families compare them. Talk to other family members visiting their elders, are they happy with this place or not. Is your mother and the other patients getting the care they need.
I will say a prayer that his 85 year lands in a proper setting but if no one is helping him from the family, it looks rather unlikely to me that he will be helped by this staff if they want him removed. Very unsettling but each elder needs a family member looking out for them but many have none.