Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are typically minor—albeit painful—health issues for most people, they can pose ...

Researcher-clinicians are conducting a multi-site study to establish that music intervention can reduce the likelihood of critically ill, mechanically ventilated older adults in a hospital intensive ...

However, for older adults, especially those living with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, a UTI can become much more serious. Instead of just causing physical discomfort, it can lead to ...

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribed first-generation antihistamines in the hospital were more likely to experience delirium, a cross-sectional study suggested. Aaron Drucker, MD ...

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

Dear Carol: My 95-year-old mom was recently hospitalized for pneumonia. While there, she developed delirium and didn’t even know the family. The hospital staff acted as if it was nothing to worry ...

In a recent study published in BMJ, researchers explored the relationship between delirium and new-onset dementia among older adults with no dementia diagnosis at baseline. Study: Delirium and ...

Delirium is a sudden onset of acute confusion in which those affected are disoriented, have impaired attention, and experience altered perception -often accompanied by hallucinations or sleep ...

Delirium has always been a nebulous construct in medicine and the sciences that make up its theoretical foundation. The current treatment strategies often see delirium as a discrete entity that can be ...