All professionals / For hospital discharge planners and social workers
When the discharge date is set and home isn't an option.
You have a patient who is medically ready and a family who can't take them home. Send me the needs without a name, and I'll find out which homes have a real bed at a real price before the date you need.
I never pay or reward hospital staff for sending anyone, and the family always chooses the home.
What I know about your day
- The date moves, and it usually moves earlier.
- The family is often seeing assisted living for the first time.
- A home can't say yes without a signed 1823, and it's easiest to get a doctor to sign it before the patient leaves.
- You can't spend an afternoon calling homes that turn out to be full.
How I help
- Homes answer yes or no with the bed and the price, and you see each answer as it comes in.
- I talk with the family by phone, in English or Spanish, so they understand their options.
- You get a one-page summary of every home asked, for your notes.
- Once the family picks, you fax the papers straight to that home. I never hold patient records.
Papers the home will usually ask for
- AHCA Form 1823, Resident Health Assessment, signed by a doctor, APRN or PA. Ask the home how recent it has to be.
- Discharge summary.
- Current medication list, with the time of the last dose given.
- Doctor's orders, including diet and any treatments.
- Florida DNRO form (DH 1896), if one is signed.
- Prescriptions sent to a pharmacy the home works with, so no doses are missed the first day.
- Equipment ordered, like a walker, wheelchair or shower chair, and when it arrives.
- Copies of ID and insurance cards, given to the home after the family picks it.
Every home has its own admission list, and the home decides. Once the family or guardian picks a home, fax these straight to that home. Miami Placement sends you the number. Please don't email records or attach them here.