Specialized Hospital for Extended Treatment at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center

I have to make a big decision tomorrow regarding where to move my 82-year-old grandmother following her recent stay at a major hospital in Chicago. Her internal medicine doctor is requesting permission to transfer her to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which they are recommending as a specialized hospital for extended care.
I’ve honestly never heard a single word about this facility before. My grandmother is diabetic, and she was originally admitted just for a diagnostic test involving contrast dye. Since then, things have taken a turn for the worse; she went from walking slowly—just one step per minute—all the way to the car, to being completely immobile. To top it all off, she managed to suffer a mild heart attack during those five days in the hospital. Now, the recommendation is to move her to that specific facility in Duga Resa. If anyone has any insight or personal experience with them, please let me know.

It was recently mentioned in the news as a total hotbed for corruption. Based on what I've seen, the staff at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center certainly didn't earn any praise for their work, far from it. Personally, I wouldn't send anyone there.

We placed my aunt at a facility there about three years ago. She was still quite mobile, but she had some wounds on her lower legs that needed professional care, and she was 95. Both we and she were incredibly satisfied with the care, but they informed us they couldn't keep her beyond a three-week period. Naturally, they didn't tell us this until just two days before that deadline expired, and they did it by simply giving us a call and telling us to come pick her up. Her primary care physician suggested there might be an option to pay for her stay privately—meaning it wouldn't be covered by Medicare—but the hospital staff insisted that such an option had been abolished. Later, I heard from an acquaintance that private payments are actually still an option (perhaps that is the corruption that Zao little bear is talking about).