Matching the environment to patients with delirium: Lessons learned from the delirium room, a restraint-free environment for older hospitalized adults with delirium

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Flaherty, Joseph H ^a,b   Little, Milta O ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIRIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

AGED; DELIRIUM; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81555220065     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03678.x     Document Type: Article

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