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

• 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

• 12/15/2017

  2018 HELP Conference Registration is Live!

  Registration is now open! You can register for this year’s HELP Conference on May 2nd in Orlando, FL at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting by clicking this link:… Read More

• 12/12/2017

  Improving Care for Ground-Level Falls in Assisted Living

  New from co-author Dr. Sharon Inouye: An editoral in the Annals of Internal Medicine responding to this article from Williams et al., a large prospective cohort study of a tiered protocol with a… Read More