Slow-tempo music intervention does not reduce delirium duration, pain, or anxiety in older adults on mechanical ventilation.

Delirium prevention program leads to fewer cases of new-onset delirium during post-acute rehabilitation stays at a skilled nursing facility. Implementation of a nurse-led education and delirium ...

Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

Delirium and cognitive decline are common complications of anesthesia and surgery in older adults. Evidence-based ...

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribe first-generation antihistamines in the hospital are more likely to ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic took a high toll on the elderly population worldwide compared to younger individuals. The features of the illness in very old and frail patients ...

Nightly administration of a melatonin agonist may help prevent delirium in older patients hospitalized for acute medical illness, new research shows. A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled ...

Virginia Helton says her husband is a "brilliant" man. He's a scientist who can explain complex chemistry and physics. But when he was in the hospital last February, she didn't recognize the man ...