My mum had another fall recently and has been in hospital for two weeks now. She’s gone downhill very quickly. She did have a catheter in, but it’s been bypassing. I’m not quite sure what that means so they’ve taken it out today. She wants to come home and we are going to have to get a hospital bed in her downstairs lounge and remove the furniture to make room for it. She is about six stone in weight now and has trouble swallowing and chokes. The hospital are saying that they are looking at discharging her but I don’t feel that she’s well enough to be discharged. Does anyone know who makes that decision? And can I have any input? I don’t feel that she will be able to get out of the hospital bed and onto a commode by herself at home. I understand that carers will go in 3 to 4 times a day but at night she will be on our own. She really wants to go home, obviously as all people do, but I think we are looking at either care or nursing homes. I have been looking at care homes and I’m looking at a nursing home tomorrow but she’s very reluctant to go in one so I have to say it’s just until she’s better. She seems to have lost all use of her legs since she’s been in hospital, they say she has taken a few steps, but I’ve never witnessed it since she’s been in. Today my daughter was there while they were feeding her yoghurt as she’s unable to feed herself and she was sick. She can just manage smooth soup. The trouble is as soon as she tries to stand up, she feels very dizzy.
