A 72-Year-Old Female Patient Has Delirium Secondary to Anticholinergic Medication

A 72-year-old female patient has delirium secondary to anticholinergic medication toxicity.The nurse planning discharge care teaches the family to be alert for maladaptive cognitive symptoms because:

A) delirium is a hypersensitivity reaction.
B) the elderly often deny changes in cognition.
C) elderly females are more prone to delirium than elderly males.
D) slower metabolism in the elderly predisposes to medication toxicity.