I was reading some past blog posts and it has been a year since dad was discharged from a 3 week stay at the hospital. One year later, he's been in the hospital since May and over the past few weeks we've been in discussion with the transitions workers at the hospital regarding his discharge to a care facility.
My mom and sister-in-law and dad had a meeting with Kelsey from transitions services at the hospital on the 1st and she said they anticipated dad being assessed at an SL4 level. SL4 is Designated Supported Living Level 4 where the need for unscheduled personal assistance is frequent. There are 24 hour onsite Licensed Practical Nurses and Health Care Aids and an on-call Registered Nurse. At the meeting she gave them a list of subsidized SL4 facilities and the next steps were for dad to have a formal assessment done while we checked out homes and gave them our top 3 choices.
Unfortunately there are no SL4 facilities in the town where they live and that's the only place dad wants to be. He and my brother toured two facilities this week on Monday and Tuesday - one of which is about 20 minutes away and they both said it was very nice. My brother spoke to transitions yesterday and gave them the names of their facility choices.
What to pray for... that the first care facility with an opening is the one dad wants and that dad continues to be cooperative with the health care team and moving into the care facility.
What I'm thankful for... my brother and sister-in-law and everything they do for dad.
