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Have Mom's potassium checked besides meds. Especially those meds the facility doctor may have presribed. I found they don't consult with the primaries.
I am so sorry to hear about your mom. I'm with Arwen and review the medications. My father was also very sensitive to medications. Statins, metformin, blood thinners, after three months he couldn't eat or walk. After being off the meds he had his appetite and strength back. It was a fine balance. He still needed meds but just different ones.
Who signed admission papers for your mother to the swingbed facility? Was there any care meeting to discuss goals? Was anyone meeting with the therapists?
These are often mandatory tasks for family to ensure that their loved one gets proper care.
At this stage though what I would do is contact one of her physicians, either her pulmonary doctor or the hospital orthopedic doctor who treated her for her fall. If she has a PCP, that could work as well.
Ask for home care, including a nurse, PT, OT and perhaps a home health aid and/or social worker if you want one. But first do your research. Look up home health care agencies, contact them, tell them what the situation is, ask how they're trained to work with elders (surprisingly some of them think older folks can exercise at the same level as people half their age).
Importantly, ask how they schedule. If they don't assign people until the evening before the appointment, move on to another agency. Companies that do that end up sending someone different on a regular basis; there's no continuity, and the constant change is hard on the caregiver, let alone the elder.
What you want is a nurse to do the initial assessment, then specific people assigned for the various disciplines, and substitutions only for vacations, illness, or emergencies.
Be present at the initial meeting with the nurse and go over your goals for your mother.
Perhaps you should check what sort of therapy they gave to her and the side effects, elderly people can be extremely sensitive.
Wishing you and your mom all the best.