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My 83 year old husband fell again. Full hip replacement 1.5 years ago. Has peripheral neuropathy in legs, feet and hands (caused by post-polio from childhood or long term use of Dilantin medicine for seizures). Bad experience at 2 rehab facilities prefer to stay home but I'm doing everything and I'm exhausted (and to be honest a little resentful)
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What does his doctor say is best ?
The best option could be different for each individual . For example does he have very bad osteoporosis ?

My sister had a fracture and had extensive back surgery about 25 months ago . The surgeon did a lot of other work besides the one fracture because he said her spine was on the verge of collapsing from bad osteoporosis .

3 months ago she fell again and broke her hip . She also made some of the hardware in her back loose . Just had another check on that and it’s worse , with more loose hardware , her bones are just Swiss cheese and the screws are getting loose . Her spine is deteriorating more quickly than the doctor anticipated .

Did your doctor offer less invasive bone cement ?
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My Mom has pretty bad kyphosis (curvature of the spine due to osteoarthritis). She's 95 and has tried everything but is too old for surgery. She insisted on a brace so we consulted with her PT. A proper brace was too difficult for her to put on by herself, and cumbersome so she gave it up. He can't have just any brace -- he needs one that will actually solve his problem.

I agree with waytomisery to talk to his ortho and explore other options.
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