Abstract
Delirium has become one of the highest cost burdens to health care today. This preventable illness is underrecognized within acute and long-term health care settings. Providers need to be aware of the risk factors for developing delirium as well as the significance delirium has on patients and their families. Often, delirium is mistaken as dementia or depression; therefore, providers need to understand how to identify symptoms associated with each. Education and implementing screening tools into care can help clinicians identify delirium early, in turn preventing progression and saving the patient, family, and health care facility time, money, and heartache.
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