Christopher Gabor
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View article: “How Can We Help You?” Older Adults’ and Care Partners’ Perspectives on Improving Care in Hospital: A Mixed Methods Study
“How Can We Help You?” Older Adults’ and Care Partners’ Perspectives on Improving Care in Hospital: A Mixed Methods Study Open
Background Hospitalized older adults have unique physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs. We sought to understand older patients’ and care partners’ experiences with multicomponent interventions that support age-friendly care and ident…
View article: Implementation of a multicomponent intervention sign to reduce delirium in orthopaedic inpatients (MIND-ORIENT): a quality improvement project
Implementation of a multicomponent intervention sign to reduce delirium in orthopaedic inpatients (MIND-ORIENT): a quality improvement project Open
Delirium is a serious and common condition that leads to significant adverse health outcomes for hospitalised older adults. It occurs in 30%–55% of patients with hip fractures and is one of the most common postoperative complications in ol…
View article: The Effect of Multiple Assessments on Delirium Detection: a Pilot Study*
The Effect of Multiple Assessments on Delirium Detection: a Pilot Study* Open
Background
Delirium is characterized by fluctuating attention or arousal, with high prevalence in the orthopaedic ward. Our aim was to: 1) establish the prevalence of delirium on an orthopaedic ward, and 2) compare delirium prevalence us…