Research has found that one in four people with confirmed COVID-19 cases may experience delirium. Although COVID-19 specifically targets the lungs, in some cases it can also cause damage to other major organs, such as the brain.

What is delirium?
Delirium is a worsening or change in a person’s mental state that happens suddenly, over one to two days. The person may become confused, or be more confused than usual, or they may become sleepy/drowsy.

There are various types of delirium; hyperactive, hypoactive, and mixed. The mixed type is when hyperactive and hypoactive states come and go.

We have gathered research and understanding of delirium to create a fact sheet for you to help understand the underlying causes of delirium and how best to care for and support an individual who has delirium.

We hope you find this information useful, and something that you can share with your colleagues and peers.

How can we help you?

As a specialist, family-run recruitment business, we support organisations to target issues such as continuity of staffing, reducing spend where you have a high volume of agency usage and supporting those who have specific talent requirements or are in hard to fill locations. We can help with any immediate staffing requirements or longer-term recruitment projects to ultimately save you time and money on agency spend. Click here to see what our clients say about how we have supported them throughout the pandemic.

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