So the first sign of aging may be that you can not party all night like you used to. She wants us to come to Joel Posner s lectures on April 12 or she will be angry. He is an internationally known lecturer on successful aging. With age, develop multiple chronic diseases. Pt typically presents with acute illness superimposed over chronic conditions, and one can mask another.
Pneumonia can present as acute mental status change, or a fall.
Nasty story about a diabetic who degloved his feet in a tub. If you see a bright red, painful eye with a quiet pupil, you need to get pt to an eye hospital right away because they probably have closed angle. An inappropriate answer to a question may not be dementia, it may be that they can t hear what you re asking. Diuretics, any B or Alpha blockers will exacerbate this problem. They may not need to sleep as much as they did when they were young, they have different activity levels, growth requirements.