Stop Delirium! A complex intervention to prevent delirium in care homes: A mixed-methods feasibility study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-98

  Siddiqi, Najma ^a,b   Young, John ^b   House, Allan O ^b   Featherstone, Imogen ^b   Hopton, Ann ^c   Martin, Carol ^b   Edwards, Jill ^d   Krishnan, Rebecca ^e   Peacock, Rose ^b   Holt, Rachel ^b  

^a BRADFORD DISTRICT CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Wakefield District   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Complex intervention; Delirium; Elderly; Mixed methods; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650383599     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq126     Document Type: Article

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