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This presentation given by Dr. Page Ulrey is part of the 2021 Spring NW Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center's Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series. By the end of this lecture, learners should be able to: 1) identify how elder abuse is defined...
Set of resources/articles for community members on end of life and support at end of life.
Caring for someone who is dying can be hard. These articles provide information about palliative care, hospice care, decision-making at the end of life...
All social workers, regardless of practice settings, will inevitably work with clients facing acute or long-term situations involving life-limiting illness, dying, death, grief, and bereavement.
Using their expertise in working with...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 40 million people in the United States suffer from a serious illness that limits their daily activities. These illnesses include heart and lung disease, cancer, diabetes, and...
Each of us has 43 muscles in our face, and we use those muscles to create 10,000 unique combinations of expressions — all of which subtly convey important information to other people during conversations, explains computer scientist Ehsan Hoque. Our...
MyHealthPriorities: Identifying My Health Priorities is a tool for patients to prioritize what is important to them, which can be shared with health care teams. MyHealthPriorities was created to help people (together with their caregivers if desired)...
Canadian Virtual Hospice provides over 28 modules paired with videos on palliative and end-of-life care topics. The topics are designed to be facillitated for patients and their family members from the comfort of their home. The website also provides...
MNHPC offers resources documents and links to individuals and families as well as to health care professionals. These materials are provided for informational purposes. Please note that MNHPC has not made any determination about the quality or...
The process of planning ahead for the end of life is something that many want to avoid. Although planning for such a time may not be comfortable, it is an important step to help those who will care for you and your affairs. In fact, some people find...
The Minnesota Department of Health Mortuary Science Section provides iInformation on the regulations and requirements of the final disposition of a dead human body in Minnesota.
The Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection is part of
Minnesota Northstar GWEP,
supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Award No. U1QHP33076, the University of Minnesota Office of Academic
Clinical Affairs, and the Otto Bremer Trust.