The View from Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings – Delirium and Delirium Superimposed on Dementia

This module is part of the eLearning course ‘The View From Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings’. This course was designed to help nurses and other health professionals understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia.

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  • Completion time
    45 mins
  • Certificate of completion
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    Free for Australian workers

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About this Module

Overview: This module is part of the eLearning course ‘The View From Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings’. This course was designed to help nurses and other health professionals understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia. About this Module: This module explains delirium and how it presents in people with and without dementia in the acute care setting. We explore risk factors for delirium and compare delirium and dementia. We look at some tools for identifying delirium and use video scenarios showing cognitive interviews to establish if delirium is present in patients with and without dementia.

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Version history

  • Published: 14 Jan 2026
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2026
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