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Old Jun 05, 2014, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse View Post
She sounds profoundly depressed. It is not "normal" for an elderly person with dementia to be so uninterested in life, to sleep so much, to not want to get out of bed. Depression is seriously undertreated in this population. Please take her in for a second opinion; she deserves better.
I agree she needs a second opinion. She sounds very depressed to me, too.
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