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Hospital Threatens Senior With $1300 Daily Fee
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 8:56 pm
When an Ontario senior suffered a stroke and ended up in the hospital with a feeding tube and distorted speech, her daughter choose two nursing homes to add as her `desired homes` for the nursing home application list, all other nursing homes where too far for family and friends to travel and visit. The hospital wrote a letter to the daugther indicating that she must add a third nursing home to the list or face a daily hospital rate of $1300, which is actually against both hospital and Ministry of Health and Long-term care policy. Thankfully the hospital retracted the ultamatum when this sitation was made public.
It is important that family members of seniors know their rights and if a policy is violated, contract the Ministry responsible for the applicable concern. Visit your provinces Ministry website for the appropriate numbers to call. Don`t be afraid to ask questions to better understand policies and procedures - you`re helping your loved one by doing so.
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