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Repeat: she's NINETY-NINE.
No fall at that age is fun and certainly the pain from the broken pelvis is causing her some grief.
Do you expect that she will live forever? Because, nobody does. And it's often a fall that starts the ball rolling down the inevitable hill of what we kindly refer to as 'End of Life'.
I'd be BEGGING for Hospice and not doing one single thing to rehab at that age. Don't put your expectations on her. Let her guide YOU as to what she does and doesn't want.
It's doubtful she'll come out of the SNF, Do you want her living years and years there? I bet not.
Let HER decisions be your guide as to how to treat her. Allow her the freedom to wish she could pass, if that's what she wants.
I remember well-minded nurses encouraging my dying grandmother to get up and do her PT. She had no feeling in her feet or hands. She had a bone-deep sacral bedsore that caused her great pain. Grandma simply waived these ladies off with a 'please leave me alone so I can die in peace.' They'd argue that she still had plenty of good years. She wasn't stupid and found them to be super irritating. Said "I've already HAD 95years of good years. I'm done."
PLease allow your mom that same dignity.
But you asked if anyone else had gone through this. I haven't personally but my hubs mom is going through something similar. She's 88 yrs. of age and recently was diagnosed with colon cancer. They performed surgery and it went successfully. She's just arrived back home after spending 3 weeks in hospital. The docs say there is no reason why she shouldn't be up walking and so on but she has kind of given up. She doesn't eat and moans and groans all the time. Mind you, she was always a negative kind of person so this comes as no surprise.
The only advice I can give you is try to stay positive around your mom and don't push her too hard cause that might just annoy her. It's only been a week and things could change for the positive given more time.
At a certain age I think people know when it's time to go. Those around them who love them can't accept that cause they love the person. It's hard but at 99 your mom sure has had a good, long run. She might even surprise you and start bouncing back but if she doesn't just be there and support her and love her.
Respect where your mother's mindset is at this point in her life, along with the fact that she's 99 years old and may never get back to her old self, and just listen to her. My mother told me she wanted to die for at least 2 years before she actually did and I validated her feelings by telling her I fully understood. At 94 and 95, she was done pretending all was right with the world bc it wasn't. I was relieved when God finally took her Home and ended her suffering.
Don’t try to fix this, let her decide how much she is capable of doing now.
it’s not an easy time for you. I wish you peace.
You also said she’s lost the will to live for the past 2 years . A mild fall is not the way to describe a broken pelvis .
A broken pelvis is VERY painful even if the break is small. Many very elderly give up after a very painful injury . And your Mom was already giving up for the past two years before the fall . Don’t expect her to turn around now and fight to live .
Many very elderly can’t or won’t do rehab for the long haul . They are just too tired .
Let her decide what she wants . Perhaps she just wants to be kept comfortable and allowed to die. At 99 and competent to make decisions I think she has that right .
Perhaps living on her own is too hard for her and this is the real problem for her wanting to give up for the past two years . Perhaps Assisted Living instead of returning home ? If she needs more help then she needs SNF . OT and PT can advise on where she belongs . The very elderly can get “ too tired of living “. I think it’s time for her to have staff available to help her 24/7. This may relieve some of her stress and anxiety of living alone at 99. She could even perk up a bit having people around all the time . My mother did better at 87 years old living in assisted living than living alone .
Your Mom also may say she wants to die because she does not want to be a burden on her family even though you said there are family members willing to help her . Placing her rather than going home may be the better solution . A fall like this often starts the final decline and is the trigger for placement in a facility .
The doctors told her and my dad that she wasn't going to be able to go home in that condition, and she was scheduled to be transferred to a skilled nursing facility the next day. She'd been in a rehab hospital a few years earlier and hated every minute of it, so she wasn't happy about this development. The next morning, about an hour before she was to be transferred, she died.
The body and the mind are the same person, and when one is done, both are done. Respect that.
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