Late-stage Alzheimers Disease

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Your patient is an 82-year-old female patient who has late-stage Alzheimer's Disease. She has been increasingly confused and agitated, was found to be hypotensive and tachycardia, and was brought to the emergency department (ED) for treatment. The ED began to treat her for dehydration and she is being admitted to the medical unit for further treatment and monitoring. What are your primary concerns for this patient and what assessments and interventions would be associated with your concerns and why?

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