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[quote=Anonymous]Yes to both hospital-related delirium and to the worsening of dementia long-term after a hospital stay. Be aware that delirium can manifest in very different ways - the PP described hallucinations, which is one direction, but for my dad he basically became catatonic for 6+weeks after what should have been a fairly routine ER visit. The doctors acted like it was NBD and kept assuring us he'd come out of it, but when he finally did, his dementia had progressed significantly and his capabilities - to walk, feed himself, eat solid food - had disintegrated. He lived another 3yrs like that and it was awful.[/quote]
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