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1. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults

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   management of opioids, opioid misuse, and opioid use disorder in older adults; could be useful for developing ... Resource:  https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/opioids-older-adults/protocol Subject:  Communities ... & Population Health Additional Tags (Optional):  Opioids prevention research older adults AHRQ ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   03/26/2020

2. Free CE Webinar: The Role of the Health Care Team in Solving the Opioid Epidemic

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   https://www.optumhealtheducation.com/managed-care/opioid-epidemic-2017 The misuse of and addiction to opioids is a serious national crisis affecting public health as ... well as social and economic welfare. This crisis has devastating consequences and the number of opioid ... interprofessional teams. Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can also help ...

   Jeanne Gibson —

   09/03/2019

3. Issues Related to Opioid Misuse with the Older Adult Population

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   Brandi Cotton Parker from the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center discusses issues related to opioid ... misuse in the older adult population. Topics covered include opioid misuse risk, screening tools, and ... strategies to reduce opioid misuse in the older adult population. Free registration is required to access the ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   09/12/2020

4. Opioids in Older Adults: Initiating Therapy

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   benefits of using opioids to treat pain in older adults. It provides an evaluation to complete with ... patients before prescribing opioids. Finally, it discusses a structured approach to initiate opioid therapy ... to minimize the risk of opioid use disorder. Author(s):  David J. Horn Link to Resource:  ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   06/05/2020

5. Opioid Use in Older Adults: The Double-Edged Sword

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   Jennifer Inker views physiological changes that may occur in older adults through opioid therapy. After ... watching this lecture, viewers are able to select the appropriate opioid therapy for older adults and ... discuss opioid misuse and management of opioid use disorder in older adults. Narrated slides as well as ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   05/25/2020

6. Non-opioid Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Pain Management Techniques

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   Resource Type:  Curriculum 474 reads This interprofessional training program on Opioid Use in ... and long-term care staff. The training program consists of eight modules that discuss opioid use in ... long-term care, the pharmacology of opioid use in older adults with multiple chronic conditions including ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   08/23/2020

7. New Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing and What They Mean for Elders with Chronic Pain

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   risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain while focusing on older adult patients. She discusses ... how to determine when opioids should be initiated or continued for chronic pain and when they should ... to assess risk and address harm associated with opioid use. Presentation slides are able to be ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   10/25/2020

8. What You Need to Know About Opioid Dependence in Older Patients

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   from the Kaiser Permanete Washington Health Research Institute discusses the epidemiology of the opioid ... Subject:  Education & Learning Additional Tags (Optional):  Opioids older adults substance use disorder ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   10/25/2020

9. Opioids in the Elderly

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   discusses pain, pain management, and the use of opioids in older adults. By the end of this presentation, ... learners should be able to: (1) understand the role of opioids in pain management of older adults; (2) ... discuss age-related issues and potential complications when selecting specific opioids for older adults; ...

   Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

   05/24/2022

10. "Hooked" Opioid Use Disorder

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    discusses how opioid use disorder affects the older adult population. By the end of this webinar, learners ... should be able to: (1) describe opioid use disorder (OUD) and related treatments; (2) describe prevalence ... of opioid use among adults 65 and older years old; (3) discuss age-related considerations for OUD; ...

    Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) —

    06/09/2022