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This website from CATCH-ON, a HRSA Geriatric Workforcement Enhancement Program, provides three videos on tje Age-Friendly Health System, including how to implement the 4Ms in an ambulatory care and inpatient hospital settings.
This website provides resources for clinicians, patients, and caregivers related to making care and treatment decisions while honoring patient priorities. Several downloadable materials provide tolls for patients to identify their health priorities,...
This guide provides information for patients and families on cognitive changes and how to cope with short-term and long-term changes during illness, including information on writing your health care directive.
The report describes the implementation and evaluation of VA’s dissemination of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hand in Hand Dementia Training Program in VHA Community Living Centers (CLCs, formerly known as VA Nursing Home Care...
This report provides a literature review on HIV in older adults, and provides clinical guidance for detecting and screening for HIV and treatment for comorbidities common with aging and HIV infection.
This updated AGS position statement provides recommendations along with rationale regarding the use of tube feedings in older adults with advanced dementia.
This position statement outlines the vision of the AGS for the care of LGBT older adults with specific steps that can be taken to ensure that they receive the care they need.
This reference provides assistance for clinicians on the risks of rapid opioid dosage taper, and provides guidelines for individualizing opioid tapering in adults.
This AGS position statement outlines minimum quality indicators that healtcare organizations and healthcare providers should adopt to ensure all older adults receive care that is culturally appropriate and considers level of health literacy.
This AGS statement provides an consensus-based definition and the essential elements of person-centered care that can be applied to caring for older adults with mulitpole chronic conditions and/or functional limitations.
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.