She is recovering in our home after a hip fracture. She also has parkinsons. And diabetes and a bedsore that she got from non activity when she was at home and her hospital stay. She knows she is supposed to be more active, but does not do it unless I say something. She has some pain in her hip area, that her therapist says is from sitting too much, but she still does not like to walk.
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1. Ask her PT for a daily exercise plan, printed out on pages that you can pin where she can see it. I admit I did also do a calendar with ticks and smiley faces for days when we'd done the prescribed exercises - we? What do I mean, we? But that's how it felt... - but your MIL might not care for that approach. In which case she might poke you in the eye, and you might want to try a different reward scheme, like a celebratory dry sherry. But then again we were doing exercises for falls prevention and for hand/wrist rehabilitation, and your MIL has much more pain to cope with in larger limbs. So...
2. Manage your expectations. Activity, movement, exercise are all highly desirable, but temper your enthusiasm with empathy. Encourage, assist, support. Don't force.
I hope others where who are familiar with Parkinson's will chime in. I think that the ability to walk is affected with that condition. What does her doctor and the therapist say about it?