News & Events

This editorial in JAGS highlights the importance of individualized acute care for cognitively impaired individuals. Dr. Sheckter et al discuss a need for a health systems-wide intervention to offer cognitively protective medical care which may mean considering hospitalization alternatives or, if hospitalization is necessary, making sure robust inpatient delirium prevention protocols such as HELP are the standard of care. 

JAGS Editorial

News & Events

• 07/09/2018

  The HELP Team at University of Utah: Commitment and Depth

  The HELP team at the University of Utah Center of Excellence consistently guides the path as an example for other HELP sites around the world. Their program, started in 2010, covers 7 acute care units… Read More

• 07/09/2018

  DEL-B: Instruments to Measure Delirium Burden in Patients and Caregivers

  Dr. Sharon K. Inouye and co-researchers on the BASIL study have developed two new instruments to measure the burden of an acute episode of delirium on adult patients and their family caregivers,… Read More

• 04/16/2018

  HELP Spring Newsletter from the University of Utah Center of Excellence!

  The team at the University of Utah HELP Center of Excellence, led by Elder Life Specialist Nancy Joyce, has released their spring 2018 newsletter. They have included some great updates on their HELP… Read More

• 04/06/2018

  Dr. Sharon Inouye Discusses Delirium Prevention in Podcast Interview

  HELP's own Dr. Sharon Inouye was featured this week on "Better Health While Aging," a podcast hosted by Dr. Leslie Kernisan. In the interview, they discuss common symptoms and causes of delirium,… Read More

• 04/04/2018

  Participants Needed for Research in the Del-COrS Study

  The "Development of Core Outcome Sets for Effectiveness Trials of Interventions to Prevent and/or Treat Delirium" (Del-COrS) study aims to develop an international consensus on a main set out of… Read More

• 03/20/2018

  Hamilton Health Sciences Centre’s HELP Program featured on CBC!

  A must-watch: a feature on the incredible work of one of our HELP sites – Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) Centre in Ontario! The HELP team at HHS was recently featured on CBC for their… Read More

• 03/15/2018

  Mobility Change Package and Toolkit

  When older adults are hospitalized, there is an inherent tension between preventing falls and promoting mobility. It is well-documented that patient immobility in the hospital contributes to… Read More

• 03/14/2018

  World Delirium Awareness Day! #WDAD2018

  March 14 is World Delirium Awareness Day - an international call to spread awareness, improve care, and prevent delirium! You can learn more about #WDAD2018 by heading over to www.idelirium.org.… Read More

• 02/20/2018

  What to STOP Doing to START Improving Fall Injuries

  The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), through their two-year Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) contract through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has created… Read More

• 02/02/2018

  Using Simulated Family Presence to Reduce Agitation

  Results from a trial featured in the International Journal of Nursing Studies in January showed statistically significant reduction of agitation in patients with delirium who received… Read More