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confused elderly

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adjective

  1. social welfare

    1. old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living

    2. ( as collective noun ; preceded by the )

      the confused elderly
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Ms Ockenden also described helping other patients who had been left on trolleys, including an elderly lady calling for water and alerting staff to a confused elderly man who was trying to leave the hospital.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

Wendy Meltzer, executive director of Illinois Citizens for Better Care, said that hospital trips caused by treatment for sepsis can be “emotionally devastating” for confused elderly patients.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2018

One confused elderly man approached Ms. Waugh, a registered nurse at St. Mary’s Medical Center here, but she had no time to console him.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2015

“A confused elderly person comes to the ER and says, ‘I feel very weak and dizzy.’

From Scientific American • Oct. 9, 2012

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