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I met Huey when he attended his mom's care conference. Mom was the patient, and we were having a tough love talk with Huey and his wife about the fact that his 90-plus year old mom was cutting off all attempts to work with therapy, including treatments scheduled with the most skilled and motivating therapists. She would simply not engage! She wanted to die...
During the conversation about discharge planning from therapy, Huey began to talk about their home. Mom, Huey and his wife lived together in a home they had purchased within the last year that had multiple flights of stairs. Huey stated that even he was having trouble getting up and down the stairs. There was no way he and the wife could take care of Mom.
Aging in place is another topic for another day, isn't it? Suffice to say, it looked at that point nearly impossible that Mom would return home.
About two weeks after that care conference, the daily list of expected admissions included Huey's name. He had fallen down the steps in his house and broken his hip.
I met Huey when he attended his mom's care conference. Mom was the patient, and we were having a tough love talk with Huey and his wife about the fact that his 90-plus year old mom was cutting off all attempts to work with therapy, including treatments scheduled with the most skilled and motivating therapists. She would simply not engage! She wanted to die...
During the conversation about discharge planning from therapy, Huey began to talk about their home. Mom, Huey and his wife lived together in a home they had purchased within the last year that had multiple flights of stairs. Huey stated that even he was having trouble getting up and down the stairs. There was no way he and the wife could take care of Mom.
Aging in place is another topic for another day, isn't it? Suffice to say, it looked at that point nearly impossible that Mom would return home.
About two weeks after that care conference, the daily list of expected admissions included Huey's name. He had fallen down the steps in his house and broken his hip.
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