You are asked to see a 75-year-old man with a known diagnosi…
You are asked to see a 75-year-old man with a known diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The patient has lived in a nursing facility for many years, and staff note that the patient is agitated, intermittently confused, and combative over the course of the night. Nursing notes indicate that this is new behavior for the patient, and staff have never known him to be violent in the past. Which of the following is the most likely underlying diagnosis?
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