The 86-year-old was taken to her local hospital in an ambulance and within the first 36 hours had already been moved to five different settings
Dementia symptoms are unpredictable and get worse over time.
"All these factors contribute to delirium and cause a reduction in cognition, more confusion and more distress."Describing his mother's time in A&E, an admissions ward, elderly care ward, and finally a medical stepdown ward, Pete says her experience in hospital was"atrocious". "And it's not just neurological, if you don't get a patient out of bed and up on their feet in a timely manner, from a muscle mass point of view, their mobility can go really quickly.Audrey and her husband Michael while she was living at home
Inspectors found these shortages have left both systems"gridlocked and unable to operate effectively".
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