Prevalence and interconnectedness of delirium, dementia, and frailty pathways in clinical settings: a survey of geriatricians across Europe
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2025
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Faherty, Mary
O’Connor, Aoife
Curtin, Catriona
Brunetti, Enrico
Bo, Mario
Morandi, Alessandro
Cherubini, Antonio
Fedecostante, Massimiliano
Ferrara, Maria Cristina
Coin, Alessandra
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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Aim: To explore the prevalence, overall and across specific clinical areas, of integrated care pathways for delirium, dementia, and frailty, and their interconnectedness, in European clinical settings. Findings: Integrated care pathways for delirium, dementia, and frailty are variably implemented across clinical settings in Europe. While dementia and frailty pathways frequently include delirium-related assessments, frailty screening in dementia and delirium pathways is low, and the differentiation between the management of delirium and delirium-superimposed-on-dementia is limited. Message: There is a need for greater integration of clinical care delivery to prevent fragmented approaches to the geriatric syndromes of delirium, dementia, and frailty.
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Care pathway , Delirium , Dementia , Frailty , Health service
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Faherty, M., O’Connor, A., Curtin, C., Brunetti, E., Bo, M., Morandi, A., Cherubini, A., Fedecostante, M., Ferrara, M.C., Coin, A. and Shenkin, S. D. (2025) 'Prevalence and interconnectedness of delirium, dementia, and frailty pathways in clinical settings: a survey of geriatricians across Europe', European Geriatric Medicine, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-025-01375-w