Does anyone know how long it would take to get a Hepatic encephalopathy diagnosis? My pal was hospitalised in August last year, deemed not to have capacity and put on a DOL’s. After 6 weeks he was moved into a care home with suspected Wernike Korsakoff. Neither diagnosis has been confirmed and it’s now been almost 8 months. From what I’ve read he is displaying more symptoms of HE than WKS.
The last time he was seen by his herpetologist two weeks ago he was very rational so no diagnosis was given then but since then he has declined rapidly. Because he has been moved out of the original care home to one which deals in addictions and challenging behaviour they don’t know what he is like and what behaviour is normal for him so when I have been speaking to the care workers they don’t seem to listen or take on board that his behaviour isn’t normal for him. They even said that they were considering him to go into independent living. His symptoms come on so suddenly and can last for months.
Sorry for the long post and thank you for reading.