Delirium is correlated with cognitive decline, longer hospital stays, more health problems, and increased mortality. In fact, nearly __________ percent of elderly patients die within __________ following a diagnosis of delirium.

Each of the following is recommended by your text for improving your memory except ________

a. develop motivation b. use mental imagery c. ignore retrieval cues d. rely on more than memory alone

Mark and Mindy have two daughters. Their older daughter moved to a different city to pursue her graduate studies a few years ago. Recently, their younger daughter also moved to a different country for her undergraduate studies. Now, Mindy is bereft and is unable to figure out what to do with her free time. This scenario best illustrates the _____

A) sandwich generation B) empty-nest syndrome C) concept of philophobia D) midlife crisis