Hospitals often send seniors to nursing homes upon discharge for rehabilitation. When seniors have no safe discharge plan, they can end up in a nursing home. If your parent is capable of making the decision where he or she wishes to live, it is your parent’s decision. If he or she does not capacity to decide, you would need a health care proxy and likely a durable power of attorney to bring him or her home. Proper care needs to be available at your parent’s home to ensure his or safety, which may involve privately paying for personal care aides or qualifying a parent for Medicaid long term care.