My Father fell and broke his hip when he was well up in his 80s. I drove over to check on him and found him on the floor. The guys from 911 were really good, got him on a stretcher without much pain.
They took a bunch of X-rays and his regular doctor could not see any breaks but the radiologist found four breaks. I guess there is a reason for specialists.
They operated successfully and the hip healed well but he never was the same after that and never walked again. He also had pneumonia which at first the Dr. said it would not be treatable but another Dr., a very old one did treat him and he recovered. He languished in a nursing home for a couple of years and died at age 90. I sometimes think it would have been better for him if he had been taken by pneumonia tho none of his children including me would have allowed that.
I will remember your Father.
Same here. Dad broke hip at age 88. I rushed over and he was crying, one of the few times he ever cried that I saw. This made me cry. He had titanium pins inserted. The OR nurse was so funny she was knocking Orin Hatch for some reason calling him gay. They allowed me in the operating room and I watched part of the operation first hand. Dad did OK and lived to 94 which is my goal. My minimum goal.