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    Moving my father - who "prescribes" hospital bed?

    I am moving my father from one state to another. His primary care doctor says that he cannot write a prescription for a hospital bed because it would be 'filled" out of state. We want to use Medicare to cover this cost, so an Rx is required, to my understanding. Is this true? If we wait until...
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    What type of housing and care do I need to find?

    My step-father is not a veteran. He has some financial resources but won't know how long it will last until we know monthly costs. Probably 2 years. We prefer not to put him in skilled nursing as those facilities are, in general, hospital-like and depressing. He's only 70. I've thought of...
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    What type of housing and care do I need to find?

    My mother died a year ago and my step-father has ALS. He's lived alone for a year, able to transfer himself, cook, bathe, etc. He lives in a small town in Indiana and I live in Minneapolis. I am his POA. He got a UTI 2 months ago, lost some weight (down to 145 lbs.) and got weak. He no longer...
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