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This handout describes how pain can be assessed in older adults with varying stages of dementia. It also discusses how to handle challenging behaviors in dementia patients. Finally, it provides a table with information regarding the various signs of...
This handout reviews the various types of walkers including the standard walker, the two-wheeled (rolling) walker, and the four-wheeled walker. It also discusses how to decide which type of walker is the best fit for an individual older adult patient...
This handout provides information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections in long-term care residents without a catheter. It highlights how asymptomatic bacteriuria can be misinterpreted as a UTI and describes the appropriate...
This handout provides an overview of the treatments available for urge and stress incontinence, and provides tips for treating urinary incontinence in older adults.
This handout discusses potentially reversible causes of urinary incontinence along with how to distinguish urge from stress incontinence. Brief screening questions are provided to use in the assessment of urinary incontinence.
This handout reviews risk factors and warning signs of suicide in older adults. It also provides preventitive steps clinicians can take to prevent suicide in their older adult patients.
This handout reviews the detection of a substance abuse disorder including screening tests for alcohol abuse in older adults, and discusses treatments including psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and medication withdrawal.
This handout defines religion, religiosity, and spirituality, including the subdimensions of spirtuality. It also provides examples of questions to assess sppirtual needs in each subdimension of spirtuality, and provides a case example of a spirtual...
This handout reviews both the daily sleep/wake and nighttime sleep cycles along with common sleep disorders in older adults. It also discusses cognitive behavioral therapies for insomnia.
This handout discusses both the pharmacologic and non-pharmacological treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. It also reviews special issues for older adults with rheumatoid arthritis.
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.