🤷‍♀️ Inpatient monitoring for new #delirium is important ℹ️ The NEWS2 obs system used across UK #NHS includes 'new confusion' 📗 Study: NEWS2 'new confusion' had low sensitivity & high specificity for delirium Dx ➡️ More work needed 🔗 rcpjournals.org/content/clinme… Emma Vardy

A great resource highlighting the process for effective management of Delirium.

Fantastic evening last night Professor Liz Deutsch Inaugural lecture, so inspiring and thought provoking. Well done Liz 🤩

Missing delirium is bad. Delirium detection should not be left just to champions/enthusiasts. We need to upgrade healthcare system norms to make it that we always look for delirium in high risk populations. And when we don't even try it should be considered BAD PRACTICE.

🧠 D E L I R I U M ! 🧠 Huge association between delirium & risk of future dementia. But not usually listed as a risk factor - the dementia scientific community needs to catch up. inews.co.uk/news/health/ov…

☺️ Made a embedded interactive 4AT #delirium app with Replit ⠕ a few days ago. 👍 Really pleased to see that it's getting a good rate of daily visits & usage. Nearly 200 yesterday! Link in reply

If you're responsible for Enhanced Therapeutic Observations and Care (ETOC), join our webinar on data collection and insights to learn how colleagues have established reporting processes to better understand their ETOC provision. #teamCNO #ETOCP events.england.nhs.uk/events/enhance…

World Delirium Awareness Day is almost here - March 12, 2025! The theme this year is Clear Minds: Raising Delirium Awareness. Let us know how you are raising awareness using #WDAD2025

🧠Excellent infographic focused on care home #delirium. #WDAD 2025

"𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞." ⭐ 𝙋𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 #𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢 #WDAD2025

🧠 Try the 4AT: the4AT.com/trythe4AT ➡️ New interactive calculator - shows how the scoring works as you choose the options 👍 Good for teaching. ⭐️ Please retweet! #delirium #WDAD2025

Delirium treatment framed honestly: there is a lot to it - we need to confront this. Lazy approach: - treat the first cause that comes to mind - give haloperidol reflexively Good approach: - consider multiple aspects - see attached

👩‍🏫 Education on #delirium is the most important priority to upscale delirium care and make good care the norm It's disturbing that many nursing & other healthcare training degrees don't cover it all Knowledge is our most powerful intervention!

Delirium treatment should involve *brain care* AND *mind care* - the latter is often missing, or done inadequately.

"Just a bit muddled" - avoiding saying "delirium" - doesn't cut it. It's unprofessional. Euphemisms don't help patients or families prepare or understand. Use the right word: DELIRIUM.

Yesterday saw the start of the EOT Listening Events process from the NHS Staff Survey. You said 🗣️We’re listening 👂 Now to take action 📣 Great attendance and engagement & lots of ideas 📋💡UHCW NHS Trust Paula Seery RN BSc MSc VanessaRNuhcw

#Delirium Clinical Care Standard (Australia): Quality statements. ➡️ Fundamentals of good care.

🧠 I've written a new book on #delirium for families - coming out in August 2025. There's a real gap in public information on delirium & I'm aiming to help address this with this book. Get a free pdf of Chapter 1 via the link below👇 #familycaregiver