Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Glitch #1!

We ran into a road block with Medicare today. Mom has a wheelchair at home and after 13 months, it becomes ours. However, that does not include the time that she has been in the care of others (hospital and rehab center). We have one more month left on the wheelchair. Because of this, Medicare will not pay for the power chair. We cannot start counting that last month until she gets home. Meanwhile, the paperwork on the power chair expires. It's only good for 40 days. What a freakin' mess! We simply must have the wheelchair at home, so the power chair is on hold until we get this all cleared up. The rep at the power chair store is not happy because of "all the work" she has done on this case. Whatever! We have friends here in our area that own a medical supply store and we would rather get it from them anyway, but since it was Mom's cousin who was taking care of all this, we just stood back. The therapist has reservations about whether or not Mom can operate a power chair. She may be right and, actually, she probably doesn't need it inside her home. We can just get a golf cart so she can get around the acreage and not be stuck inside if the power chair doesn't work out. We are making plans to get her home in about two weeks. The saga continues!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep, a golf cart would work fine...that way whoever is with her won't have to walk next to her, they can ride too.
Dad did fine with his electric wheelchair , but his mind was totally fine. Beth

Anonymous said...

See how it goes at home and you can always get one later.
They make them that are right or left handed, they have arm rests and only take one hand to steer(joystick style).

Anonymous said...

Get what best suits your mom's circumstances, your friends will understand if it isn't theirs.
I believe dad's was a Hoveround brand. You will see what I mean about the steering it is much easier than the others, especially for just one hand.
And each place has someone who will do all the paperwork except the Dr. part for you.
They brought dad's to the house and showed him how to use it and stayed in case he had any questions. They are regional reps and repair guys. If anything goes wrong with it they are right there to fix it. Beth
No ,I don't own stock or anything...it just worked really well for dad. :)

Anonymous said...

Get what best suits your mom's circumstances, your friends will understand if it isn't theirs.
I believe dad's was a Hoveround brand. You will see what I mean about the steering it is much easier than the others, especially for just one hand.
And each place has someone who will do all the paperwork except the Dr. part for you.
They brought dad's to the house and showed him how to use it and stayed in case he had any questions. They are regional reps and repair guys. If anything goes wrong with it they are right there to fix it. Beth
No ,I don't own stock or anything...it just worked really well for dad. :)