The Post-Operative Delirium in Older Adults APSS Blueprint outlines actionable steps healthcare organizations should take to successfully implement and sustain improvements in order to reduce cases of post-operative delirium in older adults. Actionable steps to improve delirium rates and summaries of available evidence-based practice protocols are included:

• Leadership checklist guide to determine whether current evidence-based guidelines are being followed in your organization
• Performance improvement plan to follow if improvements are necessary
• Clinical workflow from pre-operative delirium risk screening to discharge and post-operative recovery
• Knowledge base on risk factors and tests for delirium
• How to educate patients and family members about delirium prevention, recognition, and treatment
• Delirium resource guide
• Guidance on how to measure outcomes

The Blueprint is revised annually and is available free of charge on our website.

Hospitals who make a formal commitment to improve delirium and share their successes on the PSMF website have access to an additional level of consulting services.