confused elderly
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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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