title: Assessing for delirium.
abstract: Delirium is a complex phenomenon that can develop at any time in life. It is most likely to occur in older age and in those people who already have cognitive impairment such as dementia ( Levkoff et al 1988 , American Psychiatric Association 1999 ).
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Caledonian University.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schofield