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Old Age, Had A Fall, Hallucinating, In Cardiac Care, Had Depression. Get Memory Back?

Hello. My mom age 85 is in the hospital due to a fall. Thank God nothing is broken however she doesn t recognize most of us and talks to our deceased loved ones. She actually gets upset when we don t acknowledge that they are there. She has been off of all pain meds for three days so that was ruled out. This afternoon her heart rate jumped from 150 down to 50. She is now in the cardiac care unit of the hospital that she was taken to. She seems to be failing. She is a diabetic, controlled b/p and basically a healthy person. She suffers from depression since my dad passed 10 yrs ago. Do you think there is a chance of her getting her memory back? Thank you.
Mon, 4 Feb 2013
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These hallucinations are likely to be precipitated by acute stressful situation. Mostly this happens due to underlying age related brain degeneration, although this can also be unmasking of subclinical dementia. Its is possible she recovers her memory back , if she is not having dementia , this will get clear only with passing time, meanwhile we need to make sure that her general health improves and she recovers from other treatable medical problems.

Dr Kapil Agarwal
Consultant neurologist
GURGAON
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Old Age, Had A Fall, Hallucinating, In Cardiac Care, Had Depression. Get Memory Back?

These hallucinations are likely to be precipitated by acute stressful situation. Mostly this happens due to underlying age related brain degeneration, although this can also be unmasking of subclinical dementia. Its is possible she recovers her memory back , if she is not having dementia , this will get clear only with passing time, meanwhile we need to make sure that her general health improves and she recovers from other treatable medical problems. Dr Kapil Agarwal Consultant neurologist GURGAON