TY - JOUR
T1 - A Family-Focused Delirium Educational Initiative With Practice and Research Implications
AU - Paulson, Christina May
AU - Monroe, Todd
AU - McDougall,, Graham J.
AU - Fick, Donna M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The educational intervention used in this article emerged from a project that was partially supported by Grant Number (5 R01 NR011042) Early Nurse Detection of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (END-DSD) from the National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institute of Health (NIH/NINR), and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH/NINR.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - Delirium is burdensome and psychologically distressing for formal and informal caregivers, yet family caregivers often have very little understanding or knowledge about delirium. As part of a large multisite intervention study, the Early Nurse Detection of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (END-DSD), the authors identified a need for family educational materials. This educational initiative’s purpose was to develop a delirium admission brochure for family members to aid in the prevention and earlier identification of delirium during hospitalization. A brochure was developed using an iterative approach with an expert panel. Following three iterations, a final brochure was approved. The authors found that an iterative expert consensus approach can be used to develop a brochure for families. Major content areas were helping families understand the difference between delirium and dementia, signs and symptoms of delirium, causes of delirium, and strategies family members can use to prevent delirium. A caregiver-focused educational brochure is one intervention to use in targeting older adults hospitalized with delirium.
AB - Delirium is burdensome and psychologically distressing for formal and informal caregivers, yet family caregivers often have very little understanding or knowledge about delirium. As part of a large multisite intervention study, the Early Nurse Detection of Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (END-DSD), the authors identified a need for family educational materials. This educational initiative’s purpose was to develop a delirium admission brochure for family members to aid in the prevention and earlier identification of delirium during hospitalization. A brochure was developed using an iterative approach with an expert panel. Following three iterations, a final brochure was approved. The authors found that an iterative expert consensus approach can be used to develop a brochure for families. Major content areas were helping families understand the difference between delirium and dementia, signs and symptoms of delirium, causes of delirium, and strategies family members can use to prevent delirium. A caregiver-focused educational brochure is one intervention to use in targeting older adults hospitalized with delirium.
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U2 - 10.1080/02701960.2015.1031896
DO - 10.1080/02701960.2015.1031896
M3 - Article
C2 - 26165565
AN - SCOPUS:84960389641
SN - 0270-1960
VL - 37
SP - 4
EP - 11
JO - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
JF - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
IS - 1
ER -