Topic Resources

DELIRIUM

Assessment Tools

deJonghe, J.F.M., Kalisvaart, K.J., Timmers, J.F.M., Kat, M.G., & Jackson, J.C. (2005).  Delirium-O-Meter: A nurse’s rating scale for monitoring delirium severity in geriatric patients.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(12), 1158-1166. 

Fick, D., & Mion, L. (2007, Issue D8).  Try This: Assessing and Managing Delirium in Older Adults with Dementia. Accessed December 27, 2007 fromhttp://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/
AssesMangeDeleriumWDementia.pdf

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), Yale University School of Medicine.

Home Page: http://elderlife.med.yale.edu/

      Useful websites for clinicians including the CAM Training Manual: http://elderlife.med.yale.edu/public/doclinks.php?pageid=01.02.03.

Trzepacz, P.T., Mittal, D., Torres, R., Kanary, K., Norton, J., & Jimerson, N.  (2001). Validation of the delirium rating scale-Revised-98. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 13(2), 229-242.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center. (2005). CAM-ICU Training Manual and Instructional Video. Accessed December 26, 2007 from http://www.icudelirium.org/delirium/CAM-ICUTraining.html

Home page: http://www.icudelirium.org/delirium/

Waszynski, C.M. (2007, Issue 13). Try This: Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)” in Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults. Accessed December 27, 2007 from: http://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/issue13.pdf
 

Last updated - March 2008