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Delirium – Training, Resources and Webinars

Hearing from People with Lived Experience of Delirium

Please follow Delirium – Dementia United for resources where you can hear from people with lived experience of delirium. This includes a link to a YouTube film, where we hear from Liz and Mike, as well as an audio recording from John of his hospital experience. We have provided a link to an animation that Plymouth University made of someone’s hospital experience of delirium. These resources are really powerful and would be of value to be sharing with your practice, team and staff as they highlight the impact delirium has on people and why it is so important to be supporting someone during and after they have experienced delirium

Training Resources: Podcast, Webinars

Dementia United have collated resources that have been developed in Greater Manchester that can be used for training and raising awareness with a range of staff in a number of settings.

  • Greater Manchester GP Podcast – Knowledge boost GP excellence podcast; with Dr Helen Martin GP, Dementia United Clinical Lead and Dr Emma Vardy, Delirium Clinical Lead talking about the assessment and management of delirium in the community and the value of using the GM Delirium Toolkits can be accessed via the link here Delirium (pckb.org) Please scroll down the page when you have clicked on the link to access the podcast itself. Wider resources are also available to access via this link.
  • North West Ambulance Service webinar via the link here Delirium Presented By Dr Emma Vardy – YouTube that Dr Emma Vardy recorded for World Delirium Awareness Day 2021
  • Delirium in Care Homes webinar for the Northwest Association of Directors of Social Services & CQC series presentation which has been collated into a report for care home managers and clinicians. Please click here

Greater Manchester Delirium Toolkits

The toolkits are designed for practitioners from primary care, community local care organisations, mental health, intermediate and secondary/acute care to be using in their day-to-day practice as the resources support screening, assessing and diagnosing delirium. They include a standardised approach to detecting the causes of delirium and provide a proactive holistic approach to managing and supporting someone presenting with delirium as well as engaging with family care partners and other care staff.

  • The Community Delirium toolkit documents and further training resources can be accessed via the link here
    1. We have piloted the Toolkit and here is a Link to the publication as we were able to keep 70% of people safely managed at home
  • The Hospital Delirium toolkit documents and further training resources can be accessed via the link Here

Training Resources to Enable you to Raise Awareness – From Outside of Greater Manchester

  1. Delirium Awareness Animated video, suitable for all staff (clinical and non-clinical) working in a variety of settings, including care homes and family carers produced by Tee, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
    • Highlights the symptoms of delirium, identifying underlying cause(s) and strategies that can help. Key message: Suspect it, Spot it, Stop it. [4.5 mins] to access please click here
  1. Delirium superimposed on dementia Animated video highlighting that people living with dementia are at increased risk of delirium – produced by Tee, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
    • Targeted at staff in wards or care homes. Uses animated case studies to show hyperactive, hypoactive and mixed delirium – to access please click here

E-Learning – This includes a film with actors produced by West Yorkshire and Harrogate ICS. This e-learning provides the baseline knowledge and skills required by all staff working in health and social care settings and also for those working in an individual’s own home (as well as family carers). It is available on the e-learning for health platform. It takes approximately 50 minutes to complete and anyone can access it, you do not need to sign up for an account but you can if you wish to.  Everyone receives a certificate at the end of the e-learning.  Click on the link here e-LfH Hub to access the e-learning.

E-Learning produced by West Yorkshire and Harrogate ICS. This e-learning provides the baseline knowledge and skills required by all staff working in health and social care settings and also for those working in an individual’s own home (as well as family carers).

 

It is available on the e-learning for health platform. It takes approximately 50 minutes to complete and anyone can access it, you do not need to sign up for an account but you can if you wish to.  Everyone receives a certificate at the end of the e-learning.  Click on the link here e-LfH Hub to access the e-learning.