Care for decrepit elderly.

Thank you Nonu she is absolutely wonderful for her age, she lives alone, cooks her own meals and her little bungalow is kept immaculate. She sees her great great grandchildren ( my grandchildren) every week and they call her Teeny Tiny Grandma!

My gran said exactly the same NfkDumpling I remember her saying that she didn't think she would survive the surgery and she did ( obviously) and it honestly gave her a new lease of life. Her surgeon was excellent and told her that he wouldn't even consider performing the surgery if he didn't think she could benefit from it. I seem to remember she was in hospital for around a week and then they supplied a team who visited her every day at home as she lives alone.

She now walks with one of those walkers with wheels but that is fairly recent and after all she is almost 97 !

Yes - I had one - I'm actually sending it back tomorrow as it is getting expensive and I have no idea how long this will go on. I am getting more adept at getting about on the crutches.

I hope you manage to sort something out about your mum.

Agreed!

Oh, those ones. Mishap didn't you have one of those? It wouldn't do for mum as she can't bend the bad leg, and the good one isn't to pliant either.

I'll have a word with the ward sister tomorrow and see what support they give in Norfolk. I hope it isn't the OT as she wanted to send mum home. I don't think it'll enhance the chances of a quick house sale if there's an old lady in bed in the living room - which is what she suggested.

No! You put the bad leg in a kneeling position on the stool. Ie with it bent.the weight is then taken on the lower end of the femur rather than the knee joint!

Mum is 88 too Gillybob She thinks she's too old and it'll kill her. I'll tell her about your gran. Can you remember how long it was before she went home? Mum is very lacking in confidence it'd take her a while to trust that the knee wasn't going to give way.

Jeni I love the idea of of her scooting around on a wheelie stool with her game leg stuck out in front. Lethal!

Could she,use one of those stools that strap on and allow you to scoot around?

What an inspiring story Gillybob .

Good on her . x

I am wondering how old your mum is NfkDumpling. My gran had a new knee when she was 88. It took a lot of persuading her to do it as she always came back with how much a waste of nhs money it was and that she would probably only live another year or two anyway. Eventually she had it done and its still working very well today and she is 97 this year.

She now seems to think that that the NHS got their money's worth

Incidentally she had a care team come in 3 times a day until she was back on her feet.

My dad has just left hospital and gone to an NHS funded residential home bed organised by their "intermediate care team." I think you will find that there are systems in place for helping her find somewhere suitable - you need to cinsult the ward sister and ask her who you should be contacting - the people who do this have different names in different health areas, but they are obliged to have systems in place for hospital discharges: there may be a dedicated team, or the OT dept might do it, or the local SSD - you need to ask what the system is in your area.