Implementing Delirium Prevention in the Era of COVID-19

Nila S. Radhakrishnan; Mariam Mufti; Daniel Ortiz; Suzanne T. Maye; Jennifer Melara; Duke Lim; Eric I. Rosenberg; Catherine C. Price

doi:10.3233/JAD-200696

Implementing Delirium Prevention in the Era of COVID-19

Nila S. Radhakrishnan, Mariam Mufti, Daniel Ortiz, Suzanne T. Maye, Jennifer Melara, Duke Lim, Eric I. Rosenberg, Catherine C. Price

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Patients admitted with COVID-19 can develop delirium due to predisposing factors, isolation, and the illness itself. Standard delirium prevention methods focus on interaction and stimulation. It can be challenging to deliver these methods of care in COVID settings where it is necessary to increase patient isolation. This paper presents a typical clinical vignette of representative patients in a tertiary care hospital and how a medical team modified an evidence-based delirium prevention model to deliver high-quality care to COVID-19 patients. The implemented model focuses on four areas of delirium-prevention: Mobility, Sleep, Cognitive Stimulation, and Nutrition. Future studies will be needed to track quantitative outcome measures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	31-36
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volume	79
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200696
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease
COVID-19
dementia
hospitalization
quality of health care
tertiary care centers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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