How do I manage the care of an older person with delirium?
Clifford Kilgore Nurse consultant, Intermediate care and older people, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, Dorset, England
National guidelines recommend prompt detection of delirium by screening older people on admission to hospital
Delirium is a condition that causes an acute confusional state and 96% of cases in the hospital setting are experienced by older people (Royal College of Nursing 2020).
Nursing Older People.
32, 3, 11-11.
doi: 10.7748/nop.32.3.11.s10
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