29th September 2021

You are a junior doctor working on a care of the elderly ward

You are a junior doctor working on a care of the elderly ward. Your consultant has asked you to prepare a case based on one of the ward patients, for medical student teaching – which involves students not on placement on your ward. You decide that a patient being treated for pneumonia, who has a background of advanced Lewy body dementia, would make an interesting teaching case.

Which of the following statements about this scenario is most correct?

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.