Hello everyone,
Happy New year to all. I have been back in Scotland for a few days having left mum's after christmas. Mum is 88 showing signs of cognitive impairment, loosing things etc.... Anyway, I've just spoken to her on the phone and someone knocked in to her yesterday at morrisons. She has hurt her ankle but it's not broken, badly bruised apparently . She lives alone in a house with stairs and is going up the stairs on her bottom backwards. This sounds like a huge risk to me and very dangerous as she is already unsteady on her feet after a bad fall with fractures two years ago. I live 400 miles away and am now back at work, I'm extremely worried about all of it, but trying to figure out what to do ..... Should I phone gp tomorrow morning and ask for a home visit from a nurse to assess her injury? Any suggestions more than welcome - I feel she is very vulnerable and I really don't know what to do
Thanks if anyone can help xxx
Happy New year to all. I have been back in Scotland for a few days having left mum's after christmas. Mum is 88 showing signs of cognitive impairment, loosing things etc.... Anyway, I've just spoken to her on the phone and someone knocked in to her yesterday at morrisons. She has hurt her ankle but it's not broken, badly bruised apparently . She lives alone in a house with stairs and is going up the stairs on her bottom backwards. This sounds like a huge risk to me and very dangerous as she is already unsteady on her feet after a bad fall with fractures two years ago. I live 400 miles away and am now back at work, I'm extremely worried about all of it, but trying to figure out what to do ..... Should I phone gp tomorrow morning and ask for a home visit from a nurse to assess her injury? Any suggestions more than welcome - I feel she is very vulnerable and I really don't know what to do
Thanks if anyone can help xxx