How to discharge Severely, morbidly Obese (BMI > 50) patients?

For the hospitalists in the group: How do you discharge your grotesquely morbid obese patients? How do you get them out of the hospital, if they're too fat to get out of bed, but otherwise medically complete/ok? If they can't bear any weight on their legs? Can't go to a SNF (because they can't participate in PT). Can't go home (its not a 'safe discharge', despite the fact that many came from their God-awful mess of a home). Can't do LTAC. I have one BMI > 70, total jerk of a... Read more
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