University of Queensland researchers have found older patients who experience delirium are three times more likely to develop dementia. Professor Ruth Hubbard from UQ's Center for Health Services ...

Researchers found postoperative delirium was strongly associated with long-term cognitive decline and the effect was not ...

If you are starting to notice cognitive changes in your parents or aging loved ones, you might want to educate yourself on the differences between delirium and dementia. As our county ages, a paradigm ...

Delirium is a strong risk factor for dementia and death among older people, finds the largest study of its kind published by The BMJ today. The findings show that, among hospital patients with at ...

Researchers found postoperative delirium was strongly associated with long-term cognitive decline and the effect was not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco, PhD, an associate professor of surgery and population health at New York University ...

Older adults who develop delirium during a hospital admission face a substantially higher risk of dementia in later years, even if they had no prior health conditions, according to a major new ...

A new study found that patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities for short-term recovery after hospitalization were more apt to have worse cognitive and functional recovery if they developed ...

How often have you heard someone exclaim, "You're delirious!" or "You're demented!" in disbelief of another person's apparent deterioration of thoughts/actions? Delirious and demented get used ...

Delirium is a strong risk factor for dementia and death in older people, a study published Wednesday found. The risk of dementia being diagnosed was three times higher in hospitalized patients who had ...

“During the day he’s completely calm, but at night he gets very agitated.” “Tonight she hasn’t stopped calling out for her mother, who passed away many years ago. But she’s been asleep all day, and it ...