Delirium summer campaign: Key supporting evidence, further information and references
- Health Improvement Scotland 2019 – Delirium Toolkit https://ihub.scot/project-toolkits/delirium-toolkit/delirium-toolkit/
- Nice 2023 – Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management nice.org.uk/Guidance/CG103
- Care Quality Commission standards for meeting the needs for hydration cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/adult-social-care/nutrition-hydration-outstanding
- British Nutrition Foundation – Older people – Malnutrition and dehydration nutrition.org.uk/life-stages/older-people/malnutrition-and-dehydration/dehydration-in-older-people/
- NHS dehydration and hot weather resources
- Useful articles supporting the link between hydration and delirium/cognitive impairment;
- Alzheimer’s Society information on drinking and hydration for people affected by dementia alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/daily-living/drinking-hydration
- Dementia UK – Eating and Drinking dementiauk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DUK17-Eating-and-Drinking_web.pdf
- Kings College London – A teamwork approach to optimising fluid intake in older inpatients Poster Hydration
- Communication cards. For staff to help with communicating about hydration. Small Drinks Communication Cards for printing
- Chart for fluid intake. Chart for fluid intake
- Public Health England. The health impacts of hot weather and the Heatwave Plan for England final
- British Nutrition Foundation – Healthy Hydration for older adults with poor appetites Hydration Poster for Older Adults
- AgeUK Salford. YouTube video: Top tips for drinking well as we age
- AgeUK. Public facing leaflet: Staying cool in a heatwave
- Salford newsletter for care homes about hydration Care homes newsletter