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multiple times hospital discharge papers were wrong, transferring to regabs for my husband. As his caregiver I had close communications with several specialists. But the facility Dr. Would not communicate or listen to my instructions based in9 yrs care! I went to Medicare Omsbudman finally got help. Though still not sure his meds are correct.. it could be fatal. A terrible fight to keep my husband alive and well at 92!!!!

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I've learned through personal experience over the past month that hospitals aren't there to get you well but rather to get you out. The hospitalist is the last person I'm going to listen to.
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For me this was the problem. The Hospital does what they want when it comes to a patients care. They do not contact the PCP to see what former care treatment there was. They add and subtract and no one asks even the family member why a patient is on a certain medication. So then, that patient is transferred to a rehab. All the hospital info for meds is sent across and that is what rehab uses. Was it a mistake by the clerk sending over the discharge paperwork or the Dr in charge of the persons care made changes?

After 13 days in rehab (took that long to get a care meeting) I found out Mom was not getting her Thyroid meds for Graves desease. She was under a specialists care. In researching where this order came from I found it was from the Dr at the hospital. He ran labs on Mom and found out her levels were normal so he didn't order the medication. They were normal because she was on medication!
He took it upon himself to drop a medication that another Dr. Prescribed without consulting with him.

Call your PCP and ask him to contact the Dr at Rehab and explain that your husbands medication needs to be adjusted.
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You should make an appointment with your husband's doctor. Many of these can be done on zoom online now if you are ready and willing to access that. You will want to check your husband's doctors wishes against the hospitalists because your husband's own doctor is much more familiar with his case. Did the Ombudsman check with your husband's doctor?
What is your own age, if I may make so bold to ask? Are you feeling perfectly competent now to negotiate all that it takes to do this home care? Do you have any support? Is there family nearby.
Realistically your husband is 92. I am a youngster compared to him, but at 80 I do know I have long passed my "sell by date" and the rest of the time allotted to me is "gravy". Of course, you would not want to think that your husband could meet his demise because of a simple mistake in prescription dosages.
I wish you good luck and hope that Monday you will get some rest and peace with what meds are orders in what dosages and at what time. I hope all goes well.
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Do you not have a PCP? That is who I would have involved to get his meds straightened out.
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