Falls and delirium in an acute care setting: A retrospective chart review before and after an organisation-wide interprofessional education.

Aim And Objectives: To describe and compare identification of delirium, length of stay and discharge locations in two patient samples of falls, before and after an organisation-wide interprofessional delirium education and practice change along with implementation of a policy.

Background: Delirium is a common and severe problem for hospitalised patients, with occurrence ranging from 14%-56%, morbidity and mortality from 25%-33%. Recent studies report that 73%-96% of patients who fell during a hospital stay had symptoms of delirium; however, the delirium went undiagnosed and untreated in 75% of the cases.

Falls in A Tertiary Care Hospital-Association With Delirium: A Replication Study.

Background: Delirium has been previously implicated as a risk factor for patient falls. This is a replication study of a 2009 investigation examining the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed delirium in patients who fell during their hospital stay.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of delirium at our institution and to examine the relationship of falls with delirium, advanced age, and hospital procedures.