The New Old Age Blog: After Hospitalization, Mental Trouble for Elderly Patients:
“Essentially, it’s as if people became 10 years older, from a cognitive standpoint, than they actually were before a hospitalization,” Dr. Wilson said.
Especially vulnerable to this effect were patients with more serious illnesses who stayed in the hospital for longer periods of time, and patients who started experiencing worsening memory and thinking problems before they were admitted.
Interessante Studie.
25. März 2012 um 16:14 Uhr
Diese Erfahrungen mache ich öfters, wenn einer unserer Senioren aus dem KH kommt. 3 bis 4 Tage müssen sie sich mindestens reklimatisieren. Man kannes quasi mit einem Durchgangssyndrom vergleichen…