As most of you have probably seen, my activity here on ActiveRain for the last few weeks has been minimal.
On September 30th I was admitted to Middlesex Hospital in Middletown CT for a total right hip replacement....
Followed by rehab at a nursing home. The first day I was in the nursing home I inquired as to how long one stays for rehab when it comes to a total hip replacement. I was informed that it all depends and there are many factors (which makes sense, age, cause of replacement, etc). For a total hip the least amount of time that is spent in a rehab facility is 14 days and can reach up to two months.
10 DAYS!!!
My short time in the nursing home was due to my drive to get out of there. The way people are treated, or not treated in this facility leaves a lot to be desired. I thought and to see how people in long term care are treated/ or not treated was quite an eye opener. Reading about it and seeing the issues on the news, does NOT do justice to a first hand experience.
My advice to anyone having surgery and *might* have to go to rehab afterwards, is to check out the nursing homes you might go to.. and to go twice to each facility... once during the day to check out the rehab facility and see how and what equipment them have to help you, and again during the second and/or third shifts, if possible. This is when you will truly see how the nursing home(s) function.
As Dorothy in the wizard of Oz said
"THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME"
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Valerie Osterhoudt is a Cromwell Connecticut Residential Realtor who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in the Middlesex County of CT, which includes Cromwell, Rocky Hill, Berlin, Middletown, Wethersfield, Newington, as well as all other surrounding areas. Please visit me at www.CTrealtorMLS.com for all your relocation and/or local needs.
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Valerie Osterhoudt, ABR
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Is a Full Time Realtor® with with Johnson Real Estate, in Cromwell, CT who specializes in Homes and Condos For Sale in the Middlesex and Hartford Counties in CT.
Valerie Osterhoudt, ABR ~Johnson Real Estate, Inc.
cell: 860.883.8889
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