Delirium among nursing home residents often goes undiagnosed and needs to be treated more seriously than it currently is by long-term care professionals, a new research review has found. The review ...

Up to one-third of elderly hospital patient experience delirium, which can lead to lengthier hospital stays or nursing home admissions, according to recent news items. A study from researchers at ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 9 (UPI) --A new study has found that delirium affects nearly 18 percent of nursing home residents and has a one-year mortality rate of 40 percent. Researchers from Rowan University ...

Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

A new study that looked at possible improvements in post-acute care quality and outcomes following the 2014 Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act found that delirium ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delirium, independent of preexisting dementia, at the time of discharge to a skilled nursing facility after HF ...

A trust developed and piloted a delirium liaison pathway, collecting qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate it against key outcomes A trust piloted a delirium liaison pathway, which aimed to ...

Hartford Hospital's ADAPT program has decreased length of stay and readmissions attributable to delirium. Hartford Hospital has developed a comprehensive approach to addressing delirium in the ...

Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her ...

The inflammatory immune response that develops when the body tries to protect itself from harmful stimuli plays a role in the onset of delirium, according to US researchers. Subscribe today for ...

When B. Paul Turpin was admitted to a Tennessee hospital in January, the biggest concern was whether the 69-year-old endocrinologist would survive. But as he battled a life-threatening infection, ...