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Experience of delirium: patient & carer videos

Dr Sharmella Summan, a medical doctor who experienced delirium, shares her experience and offers advice on better care:

  • Hands reaching through the darkness: providing moments of reassurance in delirium care

  • The importance of spending time with patients and getting to know them as individuals

  • How can we help families of patients with delirium?

A collection of 19 patient & carer experience videos from WDAD2022

A patient’s poem describing delirium

Liz & Mike’s experience

A retired teacher’s experience of delirium

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Updated 22 Nov 2025

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