Out of My Pocket

Here is a little significant something that you don’t find out until you need it. Medicare requires 60 days between stays at a rehab facility. So I left my rehab and then fell down and smashed myself only 50 days afterward, meaning I’m not eligible for Medicare in the rehab facility where I spend considerable time restoring myself. The daily rate out of my pocket is so preposterous and is even higher because I insist on a private room.

There are four rehab facilities in my neighborhood. I was in one that I told you about before with their atrocious food and I have since received top notch outpatient physical therapy so I know what they were offering was negligible. That eliminates them as an option. Of the three remaining options, one was very highly recommended, but at $400/day I thought I would go second best -- although some people said that they were equal in physical therapy which is my prime concern.

My prime concern, because it’s my ticket out of here.

---Florence

Comments

[Margee]

Florence,

I’m so sorry to hear of your fall and fractures. I can only imagine how painful it all must be, physically and psychologically. I hope this doesn’t overwhelm you. You’re strong…you’ve got the goods when it counts. This is a set-back, but you’ll get through it.

Regarding rehab: might it be a comparable expense (maybe even less) to set something up at home, i.e., rent a hospital-type bed and have a physical therapist work with you at the house? For a while, you’d have to stay on the 2nd floor and you may need to hire someone to assist you temporarily, but you’d be home. Just a thought.

My continued prayers and love,

Margee

[Florence Shay]

Dear Margee,
How thoughtful of you. Thanks so much for your kind words. I need the physical therapy facility here.
Love,
Florence