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[quote=Anonymous]In the case of my dad, no. Not really. Despite the doctors' assurances that he would. But he had early/mid Alzheimers when he went to the ER with a mild issue. He was physically fine, would have been discharged the same day, but wound up spending 6 weeks in the hospital, mainly because of delirium. I didn't know that was a thing until it happened, but apparently it's pretty common. It can either manifest as mania or just a kind of vague, fugue-like state which is what happened to my dad. In the end, he went from living independently (with a ton of aides & family help) to being in a wheelchair, incontinent, and relegated to pureed food. He did recover some speech and lived a mostly content life in skilled nursing for about 2 more years.[/quote]
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