Delirium & Dementia

Quality Improvement (QI) Resources

QI Board Posters and Articles

Resources to Share with Families

Staff Education

Additional Resources

Quality Improvement (QI) Resources

• Delirium action plan
• Memo/poster for Support of Sleep and Delirium Prevention
• Inappropriate Polypharmacy:
  • Pharmacologic Restraint Management Worksheet
• Deprescribing.Org
  • Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms
• MedStopper.com
  • Deprescribing Resources
• RxFiles: Objective Comparisons for Optimal Drug Therapy
  • Dementia Overview: Cognitive & Behavioural Tx
• Support of Sleep (EFC Toolkit)

QI Board Posters and Articles

• EFC Delirium on Dementia Presentation – Full Slides (consider printing select slides to use as individual resources)
• Delirium prevention poster
• AlbertaRN:
  • Demystifying Delirium
  • Sleep, Seniors and Sedatives
• Dehydration Prevention
• Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto
• Polypharmacy in the Elderly
• Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) Delirium Resources
  • Delirium Decision Tree
  • Information Pamphlet for Staff
  • Laboratory Investigations
  • Symptom Screening Tool
  • Search for the Cause
  • Search for the Solution
  • Drugs that can Cause Delirium
  • You Can Prevent Delirium Poster

Resources to Share with Families

• My Health Alberta
  • Delirium: Information for Patients and Families (print booklet)
    • What is delirium?
    • Causes
    • Delirium and Dementia
    • Risks for Delirium
    • Recognizing Delirium
    • Prevention
    • Comfort Rounds
    • Treatment
    • How can I help?
    • After Delirium

Staff Education

• EFC Delirium and Dementia Presentation – Full Slides
• EFC Delirium and Dementia Presentation – Notes
• Alberta Health Services
  • Confusion Assessment Method
  • Do Bugs Need Drugs
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines

Additional Resources

• Alberta Health Services
  • Nutrition Guideline Seniors Health Overview (65 years and older)
• Med.Pass Long Term Care Resources
  • “Stop and Watch” Early Warning Tool
• Polypharmacy: Appropriate and Problematic
• AGS BEERS Criteria