Mum is 78, very frail, has heart failure and dementia (such a cheery start to a thread 🙃)
About a month ago she fell and broke her hip. She's out of hospital now, with two carers coming 4 x day. She has improved a bit since the op, but can still only lie in bed or sit in a chair, and my dad is not supposed to move her when the carers aren't here.
She was having physio in hospital but apparently it will be several weeks until the community physios are able to come out, so she'll be pretty much completely immobile until then... My dad feels like they've given up on her 😔
To the question: would it be worth getting a private physio to fill in for the weeks before the NHS physio starts? Do private physios do this sort of thing? Or do they not like passing back and forth with NHS care?
Tbh I don't think she'll walk again, but even a small improvement in mobility would improve her life a lot!