Mom's condition decling much faster now

Concerning Mom, she is declining quickly, physically speaking. Mentally, she seems the same. I don’t know if this is one of her down phases that she bounces back from or not but based on current condition, she will be immobile very soon. Her feet are turning inward and under so she is close to zero stability on her feet. Forget about walking anywhere! She has enough stability to transition from one seat to another, for now. Her strength and coordination are rapidly declining. She can’t clean herself after using the bathroom and Maggie is no longer bathing in the bathroom – too dangerous. Over the weekend, she had no control of bowel movements nor seemed to sense that she even needed to go. She couldn’t muster the strength to get her left foot off the ground so that I could slide her pants on – I had to sit her down. I think she may be bedridden soon. You think it was tough in the past? Now is when it gets extremely difficult.

After we met with the lawyer, we agreed that the action items were to:

1. Determine how best to deal with the Morris issue, ie, his obligations as a husband, his financial contribution to the care, and the impact of both on nursing home care for Mom should we get to the point that her mental or physical condition require care capabilities that we cannot (or will not) provide at home. We've done nothing.

2. Better understand, plan, and prepare for a nursing home move, should it be necessary. Where is Tim's report on the nursing homes? We've done nothing beyond Tim visiting a few places.

3. Implement a reverse mortgage to get more cash to support the effort. Let's at least get this done and work our way up to more difficult issues above.

Mom is declining quickly - time is against us.

Dan