Hi, Mom is approaching her 90th birthday, suffered a broken hip ten days ago, had surgery to repair hip (screws inserted). Was a successful procedure. Mom was vibrant, forgetful at times, short term memory loss. Took antibiotic meds in hospital and was transferred to a rehab facility 3 days after surgery. She has basically done very very little in ways of rehab. Has stopped eating and spits out her meds and the limited food that she consumes. Is constantly falling asleep and appears to have lost all desires to get better. At a crossroads as to how to handle her and her care. just sleeping all the time. Need some advice on how to handle her and provide care? When asked about contacting relatives to come in to say there goodbyes, she adamantly said NO. Now what? Please HELP
Every time my mom went from hospital to rehab, her meds got screwed up. Either they were giving her twice as much of something and none at all of something else.
Make sure that her sleepiness isn't med related.