Delirium

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Delirium Aware Care Toolkits.

South Island Alliance New Zealand

A toolkit for teams to facilitate quality improvement. This brief resource is designed to help teams reflect on their approach and capabilities for delirium. It can help engage and encourage your team to think about what you are doing about delirium and how you can make improvements.

Aged Residential Care Acute Hospital
Restorative Care in the South Island.

South Island Alliance New Zealand

Two restorative care guides to support older people to be independent, care for themselves and interact with their community, family and whānau for as long as possible.

Consumer Guide Health Professional Guide
Delirium Aware Care Toolkits.

South Island Alliance New Zealand

A toolkit for teams to facilitate quality improvement. This brief resource is designed to help teams reflect on their approach and capabilities for delirium. It can help engage and encourage your team to think about what you are doing about delirium and how you can make improvements.

Aged Residential Care Acute Hospital
Restorative Care in the South Island.

South Island Alliance New Zealand

Two restorative care guides to support older people to be independent, care for themselves and interact with their community, family and whānau for as long as possible.

Consumer Guide Health Professional Guide
THINKdelirium.

Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury New Zealand

Tips and possibilities for preventing delirium that may inspire you.

THINKDelirium Poster.

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury, South Island Alliance New Zealand

A poster summarising the key preventable triggers for delirium.

Delirium Awareness and Management: Delirium Superimposed on Dementia.


A 4-minute video to raise awareness about recognising and managing delirium in people living with dementia.

Whānau Resources

Whānau Brief Pamphlet: Delirium in Hospital.

Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury New Zealand

A brief brochure for people supporting an older person in hospital, with simple strategies to help reduce the risk of delirium while in hospital.

Whānau Booklet: Preventing Delirium While In Hospital.

Susan Gee, South Island Alliance New Zealand

This brochure is for people who are supporting an older person in hospital. It describes how whānau can help our care staff to prevent delirium. These strategies may also help to decrease the severity of delirium.

Whānau Booklet for Aged Care Facilities and Community Settings: Understanding and Preventing Delirium.

Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury New Zealand

This brochure shares simple strategies to help families prevent delirium, recognise it, and support an older person/person living with dementia if they do develop delirium.

Client Booklet: Ideas for Older People to Prevent Delirium.

Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury New Zealand

A booklet for older people with tips for preventing delirium.