For what its worth, and I know I am trailing in a bit late, when my husband was in hospital for surgery I wrote a note saying he would not remember any instructions such as 'take this pill now and another in half an hour' or where he was, or where the loos were, which presumably went into his notes. The staff at Royal United Hospital, Bath, were excellent. I was there when a doctor did his rounds, and asked Guy when he had his operation, and the staff nurse discreetly muttered 'patient has dementia' so they looked in the notes and could say 'Ah, it was on Tuesday'.
Strangely, he also became convinced that the large chap in the opposite bed was French - can't think why, as he spoke with broad Bristolian accent.
