Make sure the patient has a thorough exam and medicine review. 1  The cause of the behavior may be a common condition, such as constipation, infection, vision or hearing problems, sleep problems, or pain. 2  Many drugs and drug combinations can cause confusion and agitation in older people.
Combo washer dryer. A combo washer dryer (also known more simply as a washer-dryer in the UK) is a combination in a single cabinet of a washing machine and a clothes dryer. It should not be confused with a stackable combination of a separate washing machine and a separate clothes dryer.
Older top loader washing machines generally use more water and energy, this is why more modern and energy efficient designs are front loaders. A washing machine will use 400 to 1300 watts, with modern Energy Star rated models using about 500 watts. Click calculate to find the energy consumption of a clothes washer using 500 Watts for 0.25 hours a day @ $0.10 per kWh. This is the same as washing twice a week for 52.5 minutes each time.