I just got off the phone with Amy, who has essentially spent all morning on the phone with the insurance company about where to send Jon after he gets discharged from Kindred Hospital (which could be as soon as this Friday).
The insurance company would like to send him to a skilled nursing facility. However, Amy fears that sending him there would impede his recovery, especially if the facility is lacking in speech and cognitive therapy.
What Amy would like to ask all of you reading this blog: Are you aware of any facilities in Southern California that specializes in treating people with brain injuries and diseases like encephalitis. Especially if the facility offers speech and cognitive therapy.
If anyone has any suggestions, please contact Amy. If you don't have her direct contact info, you can always e-mail thejonlesageblog@gmail.com and it will be forwarded to Amy the same day.
Amy also wanted me to thank everyone who has sent supportive e-mails and other messages.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Okay, while Disneyland considers us Southern California, you might not. I wanted to share information about a facility here in Bakersfield called the Centre for Nuero Skills (CNS). They are one of my clients. We transport patients between a clinical facility and a residential facility they have as well as taking patients of CNS to various doctor appointments. All patients are head/brain injury patients and I know they are specialists as many patients or their families tell us where they are from and they are not local people. They have been sent here to Bakersfield because CNS is extremely good at what they do. I know that Cedar Sinai sends patients to this facility. They offer apartments including a place for family members to live with the patient. If that doesn't work, we have a wing of our house with a private restroom, bedroom and entrance which we would be happy to allow Amy to use if needed - even if for a mere evaluation period. The faclity phone number is (661) 872-3408. The contact is Brian. Brian has Amy's name and is expecting a call to discuss Jon's condition and their services.
I hope this might be of help. I know the distance is great but if the treatment is as awesome as I am lead to believe by the referrals of patients from all over the state, it is probably worth looking into.
Best wishes for all.
Post a Comment