Hi folks, mthr has just been readmitted to hospice after 2 years off and in memory care. She's about a 7 B-C stage now, with some rote words and no recognition of me and could not give her name yesterday. The nurse who will be treating her most often checked her out today and says that she has a severe contracture in one leg and that she lies with her legs crossed Indian style. The nurse suggested we get skirts for her to wear since it is so hard to get her pants on and it seems to her that it hurts her knees which have bone on bone arthritis.
Question for the hive mind: what kind of skirts, or do I find and buy house dresses? Where do I get these? She was under 5' when we rescued her from her hoarded house, and now she's confined to a wheel chair - will petite sizes matter? I have no idea where to buy these things. Help!
https://www.silverts.com/show.php/product/21070-womens-wheelchair-dresses-spring-summer-open-back-dresses/alt-web
My mom would have been too cold in a house dress and wore open backed wheelchair pants, but if those won't work she might be able to wear pants like these
https://www.silverts.com/show.php/product/45010-womens-zipper-pants-for-arthritis-catheters-paralysis-2-way-zippers-easy-access-clothing/alt-web
Another supplier of adaptive clothing is Buck & Buck (cheaper too).
https://www.buckandbuck.com/womens-adaptive.html
I'm surprised they haven't already asked you to get adaptive nightgowns, camisoles and/or bras.
Aside from that - contractures are considered a sign of neglect, your mother should have been getting passive range of motion treatments to prevent this.
And despite being almost completely immobile my mother never became "bed bound" until she was actively dying, she always spent a part of her day in her wheelchair.