Hello all.
My husband, a vascular dementia sufferer, is shortly to have an operation. Our CPN has warned me that anaesthesia can make people with dementia much worse for as long as a month afterwards. She has another patient who had this happen. Have any of you out there had experience of this? She said I could probably have additional caring support afterwards, which I guess means the patient cannot be left alone in the house for some time.
My husband, a vascular dementia sufferer, is shortly to have an operation. Our CPN has warned me that anaesthesia can make people with dementia much worse for as long as a month afterwards. She has another patient who had this happen. Have any of you out there had experience of this? She said I could probably have additional caring support afterwards, which I guess means the patient cannot be left alone in the house for some time.