Lucky for you that your are in the area to keep an eye on things. My mother went to 5 star rehab after hip replacment surgery this November. They forgot twice to give her her dilantin and she had a siezure sending her back to hospital. This stressed my Dad out so badly, he had a seizure, walked off in the middle of the night, had a heart attack followed by two strokes. When I checked him in he weighed 182 lbs. and appeared to be eating fine. 20 days later he was 159lbs and completely out of it 24/7. A nurse tipped me that he hadn't had anything to eat in 8 days, hadn't weighed him, and had not contacted his doctor at all. They just brought the tray in and left it and then took it away. If I hadn't flown down again to feed him, he would be dead. So many things went wrong, I cannot count them. They almost killed my mother my not treating her bladder infection and pneumonia nd landed her a seond time back at the hospital.

I am posting this as warning to those of you who have loved ones in rehab facilties or nursing homes especially if you are not there. A good neighbor helps if they can check in on things. Just keep an eye on things because sometimes noone else is.

Hope you Mom gets decent care. Is she on the PEG? If not, if you meet with the dietician you may be able to set up a diet that so they don't send up things she can't eat. Also special high protein shakes and ice cream if she can get those down.

Eileen