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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 19 July 2026

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Christopher Gabor MS, MHM; Project Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto

Professor Alasdair MacLullich MB ChB, MRCP, PhD; Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh & Consultant Physician, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

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