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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone. Yes, I’m shocked that

a) he was cleared to have the surgery. He’d been hospitalized for 2 weeks for water on the heart. He stopped taking meds to prevent that bc it makes him urinate too frequently and he was having issues changing his adult diapers. PCP said she would not clear him even after they got things straightened out. Then two weeks after his hospital stint she approved it!

b) the doc did not put him in rehab for two weeks and that my uncle changed his mind again about going to the full time rehab facility. he wanted to do therapy at his independent living complex.I told him that takes more coordination than he has wanted to do. He’s worn out the good will of people around him (former neighbors and some hired help) since his wife died 6 months ago. They’d been living in a condo.

As a preventative measure attempt, I’ve left a message today with his PCP that any future therapy plans must factor for the fact that he has very limited to no help at home (or in state). So if on the fence between two plans, and one is rehab facility and the other is home, rehab needs to be first choice.

In the 2 days since his dis charge from the hip surgery, his independent living facility has had to call EMS twice for lift assist. The IL people have called me, and I tell them cannot do anything about his bad choices except to encourage him to make better ones. He is still mentally competent just stubborn. He’s been evaluated in December and before hip surgery by docs. I agree with them that he’s competent but that is not as reassuring as you’d expect. [/quote]

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