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Just give it time; don't talk to her about anything right now as the hospital delirium tends to stick around until the elder is out of the hospital and rehab, if she's going there for a few weeks. There's no point in talking about anything that matters b/c she's likely not to remember it anyway. Wait until she's back home and then see if she's still convinced her DIL and GD did something awful to her; THEN sit her down & have the conversation with her that those things did not really happen & were just a bad dream. I'd be surprised if she doesn't forget all about it, truthfully, once she's back home in her normal environment.

My mother had the same issues when she was hospitalized with pneumonia for a week and then went to rehab for 3 weeks afterward. The hospital delirium was off the charts and awful to witness. After getting released from rehab, she got back to her old self in pretty short order.

Wishing both of you the best of luck moving forward.
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