Memory loss following a ICU admission (FICM video)
It is very common for patients who have been seriously ill to report that they are more forgetful. It usually affects short-term memory, for examples, forgetting conversations from the morning or when you walk into a room you cannot remember why you went there.
For older patients, memory difficulties often can affect daily life before ICU and after critical illness this can get worse. These memory problems will improve over time, but it can takes several months to 1-2 years and occasionally requires specialist assessment.
Please visit the nhs website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/memory-loss-amnesia/
There are memory clinics and the Post ICU recovery clinic at Guy's and St Thomas's has a consultant neuropsychiatrist and occupational therapist who are experts in memory difficulties.