Originally posted by WuDrWu
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I had a 100 year old Aunt who I was responsible for. She had outlived her immediate family, but was doing great. She lived in assisted living, and could get around by herself. She had a few memory lapses, but remembered most people, experienced joy in life, and could remember a many old memories. She got around without help, and went to dinner by herself, etc. She had some stress difficulties when she had to go out of the facility, and to the doctor, and sometimes would have a few balance issues because of that but otherwise was totally independent (we were glad a nurse was at the Assisted Living just in case). One morning, I received a call, and she had fallen, and broke her arm. I took her to the hospital, and had it fixed.
She never walked again (totally lost confidence and was afraid). She had to go to nursing care to help her get out and into bed (nursing care went from 1-60+ with mostly independence to 1-10 with being wheeled everywhere), and within a year, she passed away. She did so great for so long, but it took just one day to change everything.
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