MMSE / cognitive impairment & elderly behaviour

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Teaching point

MMSE 21-22 -> do NOT label 'Alzheimer' yet; describe as cognitive impairment needing further assessment (collateral, bloods, imaging). Acute-onset confusion/psychosis in elderly -> delirium (find cause). Chronic low mood + poverty/somatic delusion -> depression. Self-neglect/squalor with capacity -> Diogenes (social support).

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