Question: My 64 year old husband was diagnosed with parkinson's disease at age 64. He, also, has advanced dementia with his frontal lobe being impacted. He is on carbo-levadopa 4x a day, and seroquel 50mg at bedtime for delusions and hallucinations. He had to be admitted to the hospital for observation because he wandered away from the house for two hours and his cpk level was elevated, they hydrated him, the level was going down and there was a plan for discharge. He was agitated, not familiar with his surroundings so they had him on 1 to1 but then they placed him near the nurse's station because they didn't have staff that night for 1 to 1. Because of his agitation during the night they gave him haldol. I'm very upset because there is a FDA warning not to give haldol to patients with parkinsons and dementia. they are blaming his increased temp and total change in mentation on the uti he developed. The day before all this happened he recognized and called family members by name, expressed hunger and thirst, could feed himself and drink through a straw, expressed his bodily function needs. The change in his mentation was drastic. I understand the uti can cause confusion, but I can't help but think the Haldol had a significant impact. Unfortunately, his own neurologist is over two hours away. What are your thoughts?

Correction to original question, My husband was diagnosed at age 50 with parkinsons