Mom (85) is in late stage dementia and just broke her hip 15 weeks ago. Went to weight bearing status at week 14, bad break and bone is barely forming around pin. She is doing PT 3-4x/week, but very weak. Able to transfer to do toileting now, but can stand only a few seconds. Anyone have any successful experience with LO able to walk after a hip break with a walker? How long did it take? What were some of the better PT exercises? Mom is naturally having difficulty understanding the therapy due to dementia. Any advice?
My 95 year old great aunt recovered from a pelvic fracture to walking eventually - that must have been four months, as I remember. Mother's wrist took more than six months to be working properly again, at 88. Her hip fracture at 60ish, though, took six weeks because the damn fools didn't pin it…
Message is, she will get there but think of a number and double it when it comes to how long. What exactly did she break? - neck of femur?
With the help of physical therapy, and doing daily physical therapy exercise at home, her recovery was remarkable.
I coached her on the exercises twice a day.
I got her to use a walker, and after 5 months, got her off the walker and using just a quad footed cane.