Blog Note

Blogging might be light for the next few days, I'm involved in getting my mother into a permanent care facility.

The broken hip seems to have caused a sea change in my mother. Before the break she could walk, slowly, with the help of a walker, could feed herself, could use the toilet, and her mind was about 90% clear. Well, 80%.

Now, after the broken hip, she seems to have given up on any attempt to walk again, and her mind has clouded up quite a bit, she seems to be about 50-60% clearminded these days. I think that she's decided that she doesn't have to make any more effort, and simply wants to rest and be kept clean while she waits for death to arrive. I don't know how long that might be, as she is fundamentally healthy, but attitude has a lot to do with survival rates among seniors, and she doesn't seem to want to fight any longer, although she is still frightened at the prospect of dying.