Husband got sick last week ended up in hospital with pneumonia and sepsis and now he is home to recuperate. His dementia is worse! Doesn't know his birthday, and struggled to make a cup of coffee. I read that pneumonia in older patients causes some memory issues. Do you think it will improve or is this the beginning of the end? It is frightening. He has an ostomy as well. And last night he unhooked the bag in the middle of the night. Her never did that before.
Did his physicians at all mention “MODS” or his going into “cascading” of care needs? Sepsis is pretty serious to deal with even if you were previously healthy and get really bad pneumonia and then get something else - like a bad infection - elsewhere and get septic.
I’d suggest you contact his MD to see if any of the changes are symptoms of his going into MODS phase. My MIL was septic & went into MODS. She went into a free standing hospice facility post hospitalization rather than going back to her NH; and it was covered by Medicare. imo MODS needs a care team and beyond what a spouse on their own can do at home or a NH can do.
Please call his MD to discuss what’s happening.
It's impossible to say if your husband will bounce back or not. That's probably a question for his doctor.