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One useful piece of information I got when my mom fell was that sometimes, something CAUSES the fall. The hip beaks and then you fall. You have a TIA or small stroke and then you fall. Not the other way around. Did they do any brain imaging?

UTIs can cause severe and sudden behavioral changes in elders. So can imbalanced electrolytes.

You need to make sure that the rehab docs and PAs know that this is a change in mental staus for your dad. That always needs to he investigated. Remember that they didn't know him before.
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ExpatInLondon Feb 2020
They did a CT scan but not an MRI when he was first admitted to the hospital. They didn’t see anything on the scan that suggested a stroke or otherwise. Dr in rehab said today same thing for the first time since the fall...that some event may have caused him to fall. We’re waiting for a referral to a neurologist who can hopefully shed more light and take an MRI. Speech pathologist senses a lot of confabulation. The major issue is that he keeps trying to leave the rehab unit at night and making up stories about why he needs to leave. He can’t come home if he is constantly trying to leave. He’ll endanger himself or someone else...whatever the reason the fall happened in the first place.
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