Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich
A family told me recently: "He was sharp as a tack on Monday. By Wednesday he didn't know my name." This is not dementia. Dementia does not appear in 48 hours. This speed of change in mental status is 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 #𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦: acute onset. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 "𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭," 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩?









