Can I refuse home health care?

by Ann
(NC)

Do I need Home Health Care physical therapy? A severe COPD(Medicare and Co-pay) patient wants out of SNF! It has been suggested that she will need in home nursing and occupational therapy once she is discharged from SNF...She wants to go home and be left alone (yes, live independently)She is already strong enough to dress, use the bathroom, walk the halls, etc. She has in her home ALL the equipment to sustain her (nebulizer, oxygen concentrator, back up Life Alert system, once a week aid to run her errands) Can she refuse this in home nursing and occupational therapy and still be allowed to go home?