Delirium After an Older Adult’s Hospitalization Is a Legitimate Concern

Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The hospital staff acted as if it was nothing to worry about, blaming it on her illness and age. I agree that to an extent this is true, but I’ve read that being hospitalized can do this to older adults. She is home now and slowly improving though I’m losing hope that she’ll even return to where she was before her illness. If you have tips that help us care for her and maybe even help her heal, that would be great! – CV

Dear CV: I can feel your concern and am so sorry your family is going through this. Both late-life pneumonia and hospital delirium have hit close to home because my mother-in-law and dad respectively suffered from them. I understand how upsetting it is to see…

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