"My elderly mom was admitted to a nursing home a couple weeks ago, and now seems to be hallucinating on and off, especially at night," a patient asked recently. "She has never had any mental illness.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Delirium is a sudden change in brain function and can happen at the time of an infection or after surgery and anaesthesia. Frank ...

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are typically minor—albeit painful—health issues for most people, they can pose serious risks for older adults, particularly those with Alzheimer's disease and ...

How often have you heard someone exclaim, "You're delirious!" or "You're demented!" in disbelief of another person's apparent deterioration of thoughts/actions? Delirious and demented get used ...

Delirium is a strong risk factor for dementia and death among older people, finds the largest study of its kind published by The BMJ today. The findings show that, among hospital patients with at ...

Treatment with a combination of haloperidol and lorazepam reduced symptoms of agitated delirium, a common end-of-life condition for patients with advanced cancers, compared with haloperidol alone, ...

The analyses included 11,678 and 29,590 trazodone and atypical antipsychotic medication users, respectively, who were propensity score-matched. HealthDay News — For older adults with delirium-related ...