Sorry to hear about the bad experiences in rehab. I know very well how it is having been in one for three months myself, back and forth to the hospital twice, the last was for 25 days, when they almost killed me from dehydration, had acute kidey failure, and c-diff I caught there. Being bed ridden from paralysis, I had to be lifted out if bed with a hoyer lift with two nurses, and that was only after two months stay and my return from the hospital. Prior to that, I was in a floor where patients don't leave on their own. I asked about rehab, showier, and aide laughted and said, baby, you dont get thst on this floor, do you see anyone walking around, and she was right, few visitors, and no patients out of their rooms, so there are differences in floors. A family representative has to have a presence there, otherwise the patient is ignored. If a health condition arises, which they are unqualified to handle, you can go hospital. I was surprised when I needed an IV, they could not even put one in, and called my family called 911.

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