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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]95 year old mother was hospitalized again after a fall.  The highly rated assisted living facility she is at checks on her every 2 hours at night.  They claimed to have checked on her at 2am and she was asleep but they found her on the floor at 3am.  There are restraint laws in Virginia that prevent her from being belted into the bed.  The staff seems helpful but not overly concerned.  Anyone have experience with using fall mats next to the bed to prevent injury?  We are starting the process of looking for a night aid to hire to ensure that she does not get out of bed on her own but that may take a week or more to get into place.  Any ideas appreciated.[/quote]

Is the AL facility willing to take her back once she is released from he hospital or are they requesting that your mother moves to an onsite nursing facility?

I have read though the thread and have a few comments.

Hospice is skeletal- they are good about providing things- like hospital beds, bathroom chairs, walkers, gel seat for transport chair, and such.  When my father was in hospice in our home ( he lived with us the last nine months of his life), we saw the nurse about once a week, about every other week the social worker would come with the nurse, someone came 2 times a week to bath my father (in a bedchair- that took about 30 minutes.  We saw the doctor once. He was in Hospice from Feb through May.  We were responsible for all other care (including toileting, administering of medicine (shots), caring of heal blisters he got when he was hospitalized)...) There is no daytime care provided - let alone night time care and no respite care.
 
Hospice if supposed to be for the last 6 months of life.  I would think your mother’s age and the number of falls may qualify her and your doctor just did not want to have the ‘hard conversation with you.  If a person out lives the 6 months, hospice can be renewed and even revoked if a person seems to get better.

We moved my father to our house when he needed surgery and radiation (up from NC), he stayed with us about 9 months until his death.  The last two were the hardest, but my sister came in twice with her DH to provide respite so that DH and I could take our youngest on a spring break college tour and a second time when DH and I went to pack up and bring back our older son from his freshman year in college.  It was nice to have him, but it was a commitment.  He had a good ending and for that I am grateful.

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