Here are the top three NIDUS webinars from the past year: Being Truly Responsive: How to Win Over Your Reviewers featuring Dr. Sharon Inouye Career Development Award Research Mentoring Session featuring Drs. Tom Gill, Nicholas Reed, Esther Oh Optimizing Delirium Assessment in Research Proposals featuring Dr. Richard Jones You can watch each of these sessions […]

A recently-published NIDUS paper discusses the uses of animal models in delirium research. Published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, the paper explores topics like the benefits of using animal models in delirium research, the current state of development, and some limitations of preclinical models for delirium and next steps for […]

NIDUS is co-sponsoring a webinar with Clin-STAR: Enhancing Your Research: How to Collaborate Effectively with Medical and Data Librarians. Organized by the Clin-STAR Coordinating Center, the event is also co-sponsored by: a2 Collective AGING Initiative Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging Coordinating Center Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (Pepper OAIC) National […]

Recently, NIDUS Multi-PI Dr. Sharon Inouye and several colleagues published a new article entitled ‘The Modified and Extended Hospital Elder Life Program: A remote model of care to expand delirium prevention’. Dr. Tamara Fong was lead author. Read the background, methods, results and conclusions in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  

Researchers at the Marcus Institute and University of Michigan will receive over $13 million to study the delirium  prevention in Older Adults. The focus of this new PCORI-funded study is on the efficacy of family caretaker support in reducing delirium risk. NIDUS Multi-PI Sharon Inouye says,  “More than 2.6 million older adults develop delirium in […]

The AARP and the GEDC (Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative) have collaborated on two short educational videos. Specifically, these videos cover dementia care and delirium risks in in hospitals and the ER. Designed to educate and raise awareness of delirium and dementia, the videos ‘provide key information and action steps that healthcare providers and caregivers can […]

Recently, Dr. Sharon Inouye recorded several VJDementia videos. The site published these short videos on several delirium-related topics. Among them are topics like ‘Screening for delirium in individuals with dementia’ and ‘Biomarkers of delirium incidence and severity.’ Click the image below for the full series of clips.