This article is about how elderly people's mental health declines after their stay at the hospital. There isn't a real reason to why it is, but people are now thinking it's because of the treatment they are recieving during their stay. There has been a study at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago that has proved that memory loss and reasoning had declined faster after a hospitalization. Researchers also suspect the cause of their poor mental health is delirium. They also found out that older patients who have non- critical health problems are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia after hospitalization.
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What do you think the main cause of the rapid decline of elderly patient's mental health?
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I think that the main cause of the rapid decline of elderly patient's mental health would be harsh medication and improper treatments combined. Improper treatment here does not mean physical abuse, rather, the inability to have 24/7 care from a loved, family member. When a mother takes care of her child at home, she does not have all the medical equipment necessary; however, her dedication to her child will help heal the child in a timely fashion. Many elders already have a weak immune system; therefore, harsh medications will increase the decline of their mental health.
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