Delirium is a sudden change in a person's mental state. The signs of delirium happen quickly, over the course of hours or days. Read on for a checklist and 2 simple tests to help you determine if a loved one has delirium.

Dementia and delirium are both health conditions that change a person's ability to think clearly and care for themselves. They do share some similar symptoms. But they have different causes, treatment, and outcomes.

Delirium is treated by finding and treating the cause. It has many possible causes, such as reaction to medicines, changes in blood chemistry, infections, strokes, and acute heart diseases.

If you have a friend or family member who is at risk for delirium, you can do things to help. There's no guarantee that these measures will prevent delirium. But they may reduce risk.

Delirium happens most often in older people who have a serious illness. There's a greater risk if the person has dementia. But delirium can happen at any age.

A night drainage system collects and stores urine after a urostomy. That way, you can sleep all night without getting up to empty the pouch. Follow these step-by-step instructions.

You'll be shown how to change your pouch before you leave the hospital. Plan to change your pouch every few days. And change it early in the morning, when your urine output is less. Read on to learn how to change your pouch.

You'll need to empty your pouch when it gets to be about one-third full. The pouch is likely to become this full every 2 to 3 hours. To empty your pouch, follow the steps below.

Taking good care of the skin around the stoma is very important to prevent skin problems after a urostomy. Learn about the most common skin problems and how to manage them.

After a urostomy, urine drains into a disposable pouch. Here is information on different pouches and pouch accessories.