The pandemic provided a perfect storm for a surge in delirium: social isolation from family, increased use of powerful sedatives, and under-resourced medical staff
Dr. Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher is a geriatrician at Sinai Health and University Health Network and a PhD student at Women’s Age Lab at Women’s College Hospital . Dr. Nathan Stall is a geriatrician and clinician scientist at Sinai Health and Women’s Age Lab at WCH. Dr. Paula Rochon is a geriatrician and the founding director of Women’s Age Lab at WCH.
But one aspect of health care during the pandemic that has received considerably less attention is the failure of effective delirium care, even though it disproportionately affects the same demographic that was let down over the past three years.is a sudden and distressing state of confusion that occurs in up to half of hospitalized older people. It is usually triggered by a change in one’s health, such as an infection or surgery, and is often short-lived.
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