Questions about the Delirium & Dementia poster

What’s on the Delirium & Dementia poster?

Delirium against Dementia, side by side. Delirium: Onset over hours to days; Delirium: Course fluctuates, often worse at night; Delirium: Attention is markedly impaired; Delirium: Consciousness level altered; Delirium: Usually has a findable, treatable cause; Delirium: Can be hypoactive and so missed entirely; Dementia: Onset over months to years; Dementia: Course is gradual and progressive; Dementia: Attention preserved until late; Dementia: Consciousness level normal; Dementia: Memory and function decline over time; Dementia: Delirium can occur on top of it; Any acute change in a person with dementia is treated as delirium until it has been i…. Educational reference. Screen with a validated tool, look for causes, and escalate. Local delirium pathways and medical review govern management.

Who is the Delirium & Dementia poster for?

Delirium & Dementia belongs to the Nursing section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning mental health can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Delirium & Dementia poster?

Delirium is a medical emergency that is repeatedly recorded as confusion. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Delirium & Dementia belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Delirium & Dementia?

Anxiety in Practice, De-escalation and Language & Stigma sit alongside Delirium & Dementia in the Nursing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Anxiety in PracticeDe-escalationLanguage & Stigma

Is the Delirium & Dementia poster free to download and print?

Yes. Delirium & Dementia downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Nursing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Delirium & Dementia poster print at?

Delirium & Dementia is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Delirium & Dementia loses nothing.Printing guide