People with dementia are six times more likely to experience delirium in hospital than patients who don't have the condition. Some studies suggest delirium can be linked to accelerated cognitive decline.
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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