My 83-year-old sister underwent the simple procedure of replacing her pacemaker battery. She’s also been diagnosed with early ...

Any older person, especially with underlying memory issues, should have a plan to prevent delirium after a planned procedure.

Long waits, overcrowding, and corridor care in emergency departments where staff are spread too thinly pose major risks to patients, especially older people with underlying frailty and cognitive ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Over a 30-day period, my 84-year-old husband went from being mentally sharp, to going into a fog, to not being able to recognize simple objects or name the president. He was admitted ...

Older adults who used trazodone had a reduced risk of rehospitalization and all-cause mortality compared with those who used antipsychotic medications, according to a February study published in The ...

Prevalence of delirium was higher among patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (59.6%) compared with those with acute ischemic stroke (37.6%) and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (31.6%). HealthDay ...

A new large-scale study spotlights postoperative delirium as a preventable and high-impact complication which is driven by patient frailty and surgical stress—and one that can be addressed through low ...

Federal regulators should target prior authorization reform and tackle underpayments to address emergency department boarding, a growing practice that has outsize effects on seniors stuck waiting for ...

A study found that 1 in 6 older adults with delirium in the emergency department (ED) had abnormal findings on head CT, even without traditional risk factors for intracranial pathology. Researchers ...

Delirium is an acute disorder of attention and cognition that includes the following elements: “alteration of consciousness, change in cognition, acute onset, fluctuating course and reduced attention” ...