I was under the impression that, legally, agencies could not abandon a
client. I imagine they can cut you down to next to nothing for nurses,
but not drop you altogether.
Eric
MS PAULA M HOWANIEC wrote:
>
> My home health agency recently terminated my care due to a lack of
> available nurses. I called 22 other agencies and they said they had
> no nurses to staff my case. One agency even refused to accept me as
> a client because Medicaid is funding for my care and the
> reimbursement rate is too low!!! Finally one agency took my on as a
> client. They sent 2 nurses out to work for 3 days. The first nurse
> refused to do some things that I wanted done and the second nurse
> refused to transfer me out of bed! The agency then called me and
> told me I would have to stay in bed!! Then they said I would have to
> "change" my routine to accomodate the nurses!! I feel my rights have
> been violated. Any advice?