My brother was hospitalized for withdrawal turns out he at minimum has Wernicke's unclear if it's progressed to Korsacoff but were three weeks out from when he started withdrawal for the first time... And the thiamine has done a lot of good....his vitals are good, he's walking again, his hearing back.
But he still hallucinating, he'll be perfectly normal having a conversation and then say there's bugs all over the wall and he's repeatedly looking at a screen shot of his apartment security system from weeks ago tell us there a cult with alligators in his yard and homeless people in his house.
He was moved from hospital to PT rehab because that's all his insurance would cover and they're kicking him out today and we're unprepared on how to manage the Wernicke's or where to go.
they aren't really giving us information cuz he's not incompetent but he's hallucinating so I think they're wary about saying they can give us info in case he snaps out of it and says Hey I wasn't able to give permission.
I need some guidance on next steps because the healthcare providers keep saying that's not something they're equipped to deal with.