8 Questions to Ask an Occupational Therapist After a Broken Hip

My mum has recently broken her hip, and I am really concerned about her post op recovery. My mum suffers with epilepsy and has epileptic turns mainly when waking up which often results in falling as a consequence. Mum lives alone and I imagine the risks are far to high for mum to return home as her bathroom and toilet are upstairs and pre op struggled to get up them. Should I push to ensure mum has a place at a rehabilitation residential unit?

Hi Larry, Thanks for your comment. That's a great question! You can ask your question in our Ask & Answer section located here: (http://www.caring.com/questions/new). Thanks again -- Emily

Can a patient safely do any kind of water exercises

This is really useful. More to number 8 - there are number of ways to make the bathroom easier to handle. My client Dave's Aunt Margaret broke her hip - so he invented this to help her and she loved it. You can look into it at Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Toilet-Riser/128257350547563?ref=sgm Or his website http://www.medwaycorp.com/ Good luck with the recovery - Dennis