Caregivers and Stress

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Originally Posted by girl_dee

My mom called 911 in the middle of the night, unable to breathe. They gave her some heavy duty meds.

They are keeping her in the hospital overnight to monitor her.

She’s in heaven, she loves being in the hospital. She’s been sending pics of her meals and saying she wants to stay there.

Hey girl_dee

I'm sure you already know this, but just in case and if others don't, find out if she has been admitted or if she is there for observation. Hospitals love to play the observation game, high profit for hospital retail. I went through this with my mother about 9 months ago. Admitted=covered by medicare, observation=out of your pocket. In my mothers town observing is $5k per day and they want her for 3 days/2 midnights.

In our case they "observed" her so well that she was too dehydrated to kick out (4 hours notice/8pm before the 3rd midnight) they had to admit her and the bill got covered, but it was a close call.

They admitted her for a broken rib which she did not have. The bill was $21k, after all her insurances we paid about $400.