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
A video recently was posted to Twitter allegedly showing a confused elderly man walking into a convenience store, approaching a frozen drink machine, and pouring some of the red liquid on his hands.
From Fox News
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
As Ashley Judd has her makeup touched up in a gritty basement hallway of a Cold War-era hospital, a confused elderly couple wanders through the set looking for the elevators.
From Washington Times
They range from her resigned grief at being shut out by her moody teenage daughter and distant husband to shrewd self-interest when she angles for a pile of choice sandstone on the property of a confused elderly man played by René Auberjonois.
From Washington Post
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