Is this person in front of you sick or frail? It takes a bit of time to make the effort to find out. Hopefully we’ve explained how, and why this is important.

Frailty is a strong risk factor for #delirium .

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30238970

Giuseppe Bellelli Alessandro Morandi Kenneth Rockwood

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🙁🧠 Very important not to miss #delirium

⚕️ A delirium diagnosis allows:

➡️ Access to management pathways
➡️ Detection & effective Rx of distress
➡️ Accurate comms with pt, carer, colleagues
➡️ Monitoring for recovery
➡️ Etc.

🧠 Diagnosing dementia in acute hospitals - could we and should we?

🆓 Free webinar from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

🌟 24 April 2024 at 1500 UK time

🔗Link in tweet below

Old Age Psychiatry 🌈 RCPsych Liaison Psychiatry Faculty
Lucy Stirland
Josie Jenkinson

Liz Sampson Old Age Psychiatry 🌈 RCPsych Liaison Psychiatry Faculty Andrew Sommerlad Helen Croft Yes and yes, when it’s clear and obvious, and helpful for the person and the people looking after them

SIGN Guidelines on #Delirium = one of the few recent comprehensive guidelines in the field.

The best evidence + expert consensus on clinical care.

Valuable tips for practitioners.

Full guideline - free to download:
sign.ac.uk/assets/sign157…

Don't Miss Out! This year's American Delirium Society Annual Conference is shaping up to be a tour de force of delirium science and clinical application, featuring a lineup of esteemed national and international delirium experts. The conference will cover a wide range of topics,

🧠 Diagnosing dementia in acute hospitals - could we and should we?

🆓 Free webinar from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

🌟 24 April 2024 at 1500 UK time

🔗Link in tweet below

Old Age Psychiatry 🌈 RCPsych Liaison Psychiatry Faculty
Lucy Stirland
Josie Jenkinson

NEW SYSTEMATIC REVIEW! 🧠

Delighted to see our systematic review published in Age_and_Ageing.

We investigated individual symptoms of delirium reported in studies of postoperative populations 🏥

Read it here: academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Diagnosing dementia in acute hospitals-could we and should we? Free seminar from Old Age Psychiatry 🌈 & RCPsych Liaison Psychiatry Faculty Great speakers & debate: Andrew Sommerlad-data, Dr Jane Fleming-casefinding & Helen Croft-doing it well. 24/4/2024 @ 1500 register free: bit.ly/3UwvX5I

Just took the time to update the emergency medical information on my phone - I'm an #OrganDonor , and I want to make sure that's known.

It just takes a minute, but that minute could save someone's life 🧡

#OrganDonor AwarenessWeek #TheGiftOfLife #OrganDonation

Do you have a system for #delirium care in your hospital?

Lessons from the last few yrs show that achieving improvements in delirium care is a particularly complex challenge.

Need action on several fronts - all are needed.

Buzzing after todays Realistic Medicine conference , found Graham Ellis and Maria Gaden talks so inspirational, hoping we can deliver some of these principles in our area @RealMed2024 Sarah Cant @ANPs #ortho

📓 Caregiver detected #delirium is associated with ⬆️ anxiety & depressive symptoms in family caregivers.

⭐ Interesting new study raising issue of whether involving family in delirium detection may have adverse effects

🔗 bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Brianna Rosgen Kirsten Fiest

Pubmed's first #delirium paper:

'History of a Case of Cynanche, Attended with Symptoms of a High Degree of Putrescency, Where a Favourable Crisis Succeeded a Paroxysm of Furious Delirium'

Ann Med (Edinburgh), 1796

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30299678/

At 31 St John's Sq London@ Home of British Geriatrics Society. President Elect highlighted 'Today BGS is a thriving multi-professional society with 5,000 active members across the UK. BGS Members are impactful contributors to clinical care, academia and healthcare leadership. 💪

🚨 New paper out Age_and_Ageing and the pleasure of working with Liz Sampson again.

Conclusion 'An increase in pain is associated with a higher risk of developing delirium in older adults admitted to hospital'

doi.org/10.1093/ageing…

#delirium UCL Marie Curie Marie Curie EOLC

The new slides had their 1st outing!

Great to talk at todays #NHSDelirium conference.

Hearing #LivedExperience is truly valuable, across all specialities. Don't be afraid to invite former patients to share their #PatientStories

#FromDeliriumToReality #RehabLegend #RightToRehab

FFN Asia Pacific Regional Congress in Kuala Lumpur🇲🇾 - register before 30 April and benefit from lower rates.
🦴The amazing program includes workshops and discussions with a fantastic lineup of international experts on fragility fractures: fragilityfracturecongress.com Fragility Fracture Network (FFN)

#sick notes “The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the #children ; those who are in the twilight of life, the #Elderly ; those who are in the shadows of life, the #sick , the needy...........” Hubert H. Humphrey #health