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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL had a serious knee injury when visiting us just before Thanksgiving.  LOOOOng story short, she is in a rehab facility now locally and will be there for the next six weeks and then (possibly) will need surgery (they need for the swelling to go down), then recovery for like 8 weeks after surgery and then we are at a loss.  The prognosis is that she won't be able to be fully independent anymore and will always need a walker or cane, most likely won't be able to drive, her house in CT is full of stairs, etc.  So we are really thinking through what needs to happen long term and just don't know where you go from here.  Do we move her down to Virginia permanently?  What type of facility?  She isn't mentally impaired, it would all be for mobility and she is very overweight.  My DH and I are literally sitting there after her orthopedic doctors appt yesterday with our mouths open - we have no plan & no idea where to start.  Bonus, Medicare might kick her out of rehab sooner rather than later at which point we'd need to hire a full-time nurse and pay for it ourselves.  Any ideas??[/quote]

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