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The audio on the audio on this video is atrocious.

My father died of Alzheimer's last year. He was in a nursing home but kept falling and getting injured. He would be sent to a rehab facility (to heal the fall injury). Rehab people keep talking in terms of the patient "getting better". This is very misleading to the family because Alzheimer's disease has no cure and the patient is not going to "get better". It gives a sense of false hope. I had to explain this to my elderly mother several times. My point here is that medical professionals need to be precise in rehab about what is "getting better".

I'm a former Executive Director for an Assisted Living and Memory Care. I've seen better results when my residents went to Inpatient Rehab vs a SNF. There were even times when I had the resident go to SNF and would come back without much improvement. The doctor recommended trying an Inpatient rehab and that same resident came back being able to do so much more. And people need to understand the 3 hours is not all together. They may do 45 minutes in the morning, 45 mid day and 45 later that afternoon. And the whole 3 hours may not just be exercise. I'm no expert but I do know there are other things involved in that 3 hours besides exercise.

Outstanding and clear explanation of the difference between skilled nursing (sub acute) and In Patient Rehab (Acute) services. Now we get why our 96 year old mom is starting our with 1-2 hrs of “therapy” a day vs a minimum of 3 hours a day which would exhaust her! Thanks so, so much for the consideration and crystal clear explanation! 👍