Reply To: Insurance Question

Unfortunately, a lot of treatment does depend on the insurance coverage. I can’t give any advice or information on insurance, but I am familiar with a SNF. I went to the SNF after the acute care hospital, and stayed about a month. It was two sessions, though — one week and three weeks. After the first week I went back to the acute hospital. My second trip through the SNF was when I made much of my recovery. I went in unable to sit up or even feed myself, and went out able to feed, do easy transfers, and move my wheelchair. I received physical and occupational therapy six days a week for about two hours. From there, I went to acute rehab for five weeks, where the therapy regimen was three hours a day.

I don’t know why you want her to be in LTAC. Therapy is cricial to recovery, and she can get that in a SNF.