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Today's Chair:
Carrie Tyler
Falls Improvement Specialist Practitioner
Mid & South Essex Trust
Putting personal experience first
Lou Gallie
Patient with Experience of Delirium
• what is like to experience delirium?
• a personal journey
• the little things that make a big difference
• improving information about what to expect and what people can do to prevent delirium
EXTENDED SESSION: Delirium Prevention
Dr Eleni Fixter
Consultant in Old Age/Liaison Psychiatry Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; and co-author of Delirium and Dementia in Elderly Care
• spreading the message that delirium is preventable
• key steps you can take to prevent delirium: developing your role as a
delirium superhero
• ensuring preventable interventions are tailored to the individual based on the results of an assessment for clinical factors contributing to delirium
• delirium prevention and recognition in Covid-19
• case studies from #icanpreventdelirium