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HELP for Preventing Delirium; Research That Improves Veterans' Health Care; Spreading the Word About FAS
Fed Pract. 2013 August;30(8):47
The Yale Delirium Prevention Trial compared the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) with usual hospital care in 852 patients aged > 70 years. The intervention significantly reduced the development of delirium, total number of days with delirium, total number of delirium episodes, and functional decline.