Category Archives: Delirium

Treatment and Prevention of Delirium in Acute Hospitals

Delirium: Evidence Update (NHS Evidence)

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This April 2012 “Evidence Update” on Delirium presents a summary of selected new evidence of relevance to the NICE (2010) … Continue reading →

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Hip Fractures and Dementia (Department of Health, Dementia)

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary In this Department of Health video web blog posting, Professor Alistair Burns (National Clinical Dementia Director, Department of Health) discusses … Continue reading →

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Acute Care Toolkit: Improving Care for Frail Older People (Royal College of Physicians)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Summary This is the third in a series of acute care toolkits. It recommends procedures for the initial assessment on admission, and later Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs), as ways to improve the care of frail older patients. The toolkit has … Continue reading →

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Guidance for Commissioners of Liaison Mental Health Services to Acute Hospitals (JCP-MH)

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 9, April 2012]. Summary The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCP-MH) has produced this guide on commissioning mental health (psychiatric) liaison services in … Continue reading →

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Improving Person-Centred Dementia Care in Hospital (Nursing Times)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary The authors of this article are strongly in favour of nurses adopting a person-centred and individualised approach to care in … Continue reading →

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Economic Evaluation of a Liaison Psychiatry Service

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 5, December 2011]. Summary This report offers an independent economic evaluation of the Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID) psychiatric liaison service operating at … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Assessment of Older People (BMJ Clinical Review)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2011]. Abstract This review article examines the cognitive assessment of older people (i.e. those aged over 65 years) with a view to … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Assessment of Older People: Multiple Choice Questionnaire (BMJ Learning, Free Resource)

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2011]. Summary This multiple choice questionnaire has been created to assist GPs and generalist clinicians in the assessment of cognitive function in … Continue reading →

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Dementia Care in Emergency Departments: Learning Resource (NHS Education for Scotland)

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 1, August 2011]. Summary This online educational resource (in .pdf format), produced by NHS Education for Scotland, is targeted at staff employed in emergency … Continue reading →

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Let’s Respect Resources (National Mental Health Development Unit)

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Summary This NMHDU web page collates a collection of evidence-based best practice statements which have been made available a resource “for nurses who work with older people all or some of the time in general, acute services”. The purpose of these resources is to support … Continue reading →

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