My almost 93 year old father, who currently lives in an enhanced assisted living faciltiy, was admitted to the hospital last week with very low blood pressure and a UTI.  I am no expert, but to me I was watching a dying man.  I thought at some point the hospital would discuss end of life/hospice care with our family.  Instead, without any conversation with us, he was sent to a nearby nursing home to start 20 days of physical therapy and rehab.  To say we were stunned was an understatement.  I went to visit him at the hospital only to walk in his room and find another person in the bed.  My father is extremely frail and confused.  Now we are being told that the 20 days of PT are covered by his insurance, but if he wants to leave before the 20 days are up, he has to pay $150 per day out of pocket for the time spent there.  We never signed any paperwork, and were not made aware of any of this until he had already been sent to this place.  I have no paperwork, no documentation, I don't even know who from the hospital authorized this transfer.  Other than the obvious, money, why would such a frail, elderly person even be considered for PT/rehab?