​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​How do you recognize delirium?

​​​In care settings staff members regularly look for signs of delirium. However, you or someone who knows you may be the first to notice you're different than usual.

​The questions below may help you recognize delirium in a friend or family member. If you check off more than 1 question, please tell your nurse, doctor, or other healthcare provider.

• Is there a sudden change in your ability to do things?
• Do you have more trouble paying attention to what's going on around you?
• Has your behaviour changed in the past few days?
• Does your speech ramble or do you jump from topic to topic? Are your words garbled and hard to understand?
• Do you have more trouble understanding what others say?
• Are you more forgetful than usual?
• Do you have more trouble recognizing people you know?
• Are you more confused about where you are or what time it is?
• Are you more worried, angry, troubled, or sad than usual?
• Does your mood change suddenly?
• Have you started to see or hear things that aren't there?
• Are you more restless or quiet than usual?
• Do you fall asleep during your visits from friends or family or are you harder to wake up?​​