NCT05929703 · RECRUITING
Evaluating Novel Healthcare Approaches to Nurturing and Caring for Hospitalized Elders
This trial compares two hospital programs meant to lower the chance of delirium, the sudden confusion that can hit older adults during a hospital stay. One is the standard Hospital Elder Life Program. The other adds family members as helpers. It measures how often delirium happens and how severe it is. Phase does not apply, since this tests care methods, not a drug.
You may qualify if
- Provision of informed consent
- At least 70 years of age
- Anticipated length of hospital stay at least 72 hours
- Family member or care partner available to be on-site in the hospital
- At least one delirium risk factor (e.g., cognitive or functional impairment, dehydration, vision or hearing impairment)
- Evaluable cognitive function at baseline (i.e., ability to complete baseline cognitive function assessment)
You're excluded if
- Delirium on admission
- Unable to communicate verbally (e.g., coma, mechanical ventilation)
- Unable to participate fully in interventions (e.g., terminal condition, advanced dementia)
- Staff safety concerns (e.g., violent behavior)
- Cardiac or intracranial surgery (due to competing causes of delirium)
- Active neurologic disease (as primary reason for admission)
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-09-08