confused elderly

He must have spotted the confused elderly woman as we were talking because he went straight for her.

Other characters, including handcuffed convicts and a confused elderly woman, were actors.

The latter provides only a temporary solution to the problem, particularly as confused elderly patients often try to remove the tube at night.

(Married woman with no earnings, caring for her confused elderly mother)

Families must have pulled the reluctant young and pushed the confused elderly and shielded babies from the sun.

(Widowed woman receiving supplementary benefit, caring for her frail and confused elderly mother)

It is registered by the Borders Health Board to cater for 28 ambulant confused elderly residents.

It further suggests that frail and confused elderly people not seen by a District Nurse need "a Health Visitor's intervention and surveillance".

They finally meet when a confused elderly man (Ivan Bacchi) temporarily in Giovanna's care wanders off.

It is really a psychological approach to the confused elderly person which aims to improve and maintain their level of functioning by stimulating them and their environment.

Michael and Minna O'Reilly Both of us run a unit in the Scottish Borders catering for the behaviourally disturbed, confused elderly.

"You have to let me into my store, please let me into store," said a confused elderly man, Shakir Abdul Hussein, as he pleaded with the police.

The accommodation described is intended to meet the needs of confused elderly patients who are suffering from a dementing illness but not from gross behaviour disorders or severe physical disability.

What we propose to do today is: I discuss how we see our unit fitting in with the Borders psychiatric service and services for the confused elderly in the Borders.

As a newspaperman, I could see the headline: "Confused Elderly Woman Crashes Into" "Mom," I said, "I don't think you should be driving any more.

That's one of the problems with abuse of the learning disabled or confused elderly at these places - the victims aren't seen as reliable witnesses and there's a conspiracy of silence from other staff.

In a cartoon from 1998 titled "Nancy Drew Mysteries: The Later Years," a confused elderly woman appears on a mock book cover asking herself: "How did I gain eight pounds?

As the marines fought their way through a town seemingly empty of civilians, it was a surprise when the troops leaped into a house during a firefight to find a confused elderly man seated on the front porch.

While it is difficult to be firm about the exact numbers required, the generally accepted "bed norm" in Scotland for geriatric psychiatry beds specifically for the confused elderly is as recommended in Timbury, that is to say 10 beds per 1,000 population aged 65+.

Ford et al(1986) carried out a study in a psychiatric setting in the USA arising from their concern that many confused elderly people, particularly those in advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, did not respond to verbal communication and staff found it difficult to understand their attempts at communicating.

I hope that you will say to Romania, as indeed to the other countries that have engaged in this barbaric practice, that caged beds are inappropriate for children, the confused elderly or for people with mental health problems in any civilised country, and certainly in a Member State of this European Union.