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113 year old had hip replacement last year!

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veronica58657
veronica58657

BBC news today, 113 year old lady had a hip replacement last year, so glad I was only 61, and not 112!

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  • sarah1996
    sarah1996 veronica58657

    Posted

    I remeber watching thay on the news because my dad told me to. She got it becauae she broke her hip and was in to much pain. Poor lady but wow immagine all the thinhs shes done and seen in her 113 years so amazing
  • rose0000
    rose0000 veronica58657

    Posted

    There is always someone worse off than us that is for sure Veronica! What an inspiration that lady is....and so pleased for her she has come through and is fine. It is her birthday today I believe and she has thirteen birthday cards for the Queen!!
    • rose0000
      rose0000

      Posted

      Should read from the Queen not for the Queen! I wonder if she ever wrote back?
  • susie74530
    susie74530 veronica58657

    Posted

    My Mother took several falls during her final year in a nursing home (placed there against my wishes; my hand was forced!)  By law, they have to inform the family, should a fall occur.  They had her in a bed that resembled a cot, and it was quite high off the floor.  My Mother was was a very strong and determined woman, even at 98 years old.  She managed to wriggle her way out of the bed to go to the loo, but due to the height of the bed, she fell.  On another visit, I found that she was downstairs and had to take her nap on a plastic covered sofa, in a hall.  She was hanging over the edge, and if I had not woken her and taken her upstairs to bed, she no doubt, would have fallen, again!  I witnessed several falls of other "inmates", and they had to be picked up with a hoist.  The staff were totally disassociated from the patients they were caring for.  They were clearly felt to be nothing but a nuisance!  

    The point is, that in all those falls, she broke not a single bone or hip!

    • sarah1996
      sarah1996 susie74530

      Posted

      Im glad that she didnt break anything. Your mother must have been a very strong and brave woman

      My great auntie had many falls to when in her home because of her dementia it took a toll on her and she broke her hip a few times. But the staff at her home did there best for her but sometimes theirs nothing they can do.

    • susie74530
      susie74530 sarah1996

      Posted

      Hi Sarah:

      My daughter's Father was a dementia sufferer.  He took a fall at home, as a result of his concern over the condition of his wife, who is an Alzheiner's sufferer.  He was very upset and disorientated.  He broke his hip, surger, followed by further surgery, infection, and eventually, he died.  His body simply could not take the constant revisions and infection.  He died within weeks, very recently.

    • sarah1996
      sarah1996 susie74530

      Posted

      Yeah thats similar to the situation with my auntie. She died back in Feburary. Im very sorry for your loss
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