Hello Pat.

While I didn't have hip replacement, I did go through hip repair and the 
accompanying therapy in 2008.  So I know what your mother is going through. 
I wish her well, and I also advise her to do whatever the therapist tells 
her to do. It will be hard at first, but the more she can do the better off 
she will be in the long run.  I went through 8 weeks of in patient care 
because of that fall.  One other thing I'd advise is that if they want to 
put her in a skilled nursing facility which is usually nothing more than a 
glorified politically correct name for a nursing home, research the facility 
thoroughly.  That's one thing I would never do again.  I spent the last six 
days of my in patient care in one of the sorriest excuses for a nursing 
facility I have ever seen.  I would have been better off at home taking out 
patient therapy.  But we all know how it is, just because we are blind, they 
think we need more supervision than we actually do.  Anyway, just my two 
cents worth.  73.
Harvey