Thought I'd give a little update on things here.
Mum has now made an Enduring power of Attorney, which is very expensive, and a lot more complicated here than I understand it is in the UK. It can't be registered unless mum loses mental capacity permanently. permanent loss of capacity would, at that stage, have to be certified by her Solicitor and her doctor. It's a relief to have it in place, just in case.
Mum is more or less stable.
@alzCaregiver21 (sorry, I didn't see your reply until now), mum's rash is mostly caused by psoriasis, which she's had all her life. The purple rash on her lower legs which she had when she went to hospital in August was caused by sepsis, which thankfully, she recovered from.
She didn't recover the level of mobility she had before her illness. She needs the walking frames in the house (dear God, I wish she would not go staggering around the house without them!
), a wheelchair for going outside and the stairlift for getting to the bathroom/bedroom. She is also inclined to be more forgetful and gets a bit confused about days/times etc. Of course, that's easy to do, when you are more or less housebound. I had hoped she would get back, mentally, to where she had been before her illness, but she's back to maybe 85/90%, which is good, although the slight decline is quite noticeable. She also seems to be a lot more susceptible to colds and coughs than she used to be. She doesn't cook anymore, my sisters in law and I bring her a good dinner each day, she makes her own breakfast (cereal & instant coffee), and she gets a snack during the day if she wants it, a sandwich or something. Her weight loss is worrying, but I think it's just age and frailty. She's on supplements, but she's down to about 47kg. She hasn't been out and about much over Winter, as she feels the cold terribly. However, once the weather stabilises a bit here, and it's not so very windy and wet, I'm going to take her out somewhere. Even if only to a shopping centre or somewhere.
Meanwhile, dau's family also take a lot of my time. This baby, too, doesn't sleep, except for short naps through the day and night! However, as I say to her, time passes so very fast, blink and you'd have missed them growing up.
So, all in all, things are fairly good. "As good as can be expected" as they say.