My 96-year-old grandmother fell in the nursing home this morning and fractured her hip. She's in the hospital and will have hip surgery tomorrow morning
Could this possibly be the beginning of the end for her? How much longer would she be around post-injury?
She had surgery this afternoon. It lasted 40 minutes and the doctor told me and my mom everything went smoothly and she's expected to have a smooth recovery and not have any issues moving forward. She'll spend the weekend at the hospital before returning to the nursing home.
Wishing her well!
Unrepaired the life expectancy would be about 6 months and the person would no doubt be bed bound.
Repaired, if she survives the surgery, the life expectancy might be the same or longer. (brilliant statement there)
But will she participate in rehab? Will she walk again? Will her quality of life be better or the same? You say she relies on a wheelchair so she probably will not participate in rehab nor will she walk again.
So my guess is that the surgery is for minimizing pain and discomfort.
All that depends on your grandma and what she does post surgery.
You might want to contact Hospice and she would no doubt qualify for Hospice. They would help manage pain and be another set of eyes on her in the Skilled Nursing facility.
And to add to the irony, she doesn't want to risk catching Covid or the flu, but kept my grandmother in the nursing home after Covid emerged and never pulled my great-grandmother out of the nursing home every flu season during her final years.
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