Some facilities even have discharge planning teams to smooth the transition back home. The social worker assigned to your father will discuss with him his upcoming discharge. In cooperation with the nursing facility staff, she will schedule any in-home therapy that is prescribed, as well as make arrangements for any medical equipment your father may require. Dad is really depressed. For example, praise the 30 steps he takes without his cane as a major step toward his total rehabilitation.
Mom seems so unsteady.
Your mother's physician will not release her until he feels she's ready. That does not mean that further therapy is not in order, or that she'll feel up to snuff as soon as she gets back home. It does mean, however, that based on a careful assessment of your mother's condition and on the progress she has made since her admission, he feels she will make better progress at home. Return to beginning. Every state has different admissions requirements.