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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.
This handout discusses the major religions and how they view end-of-life care. It also reviews pre-death and post-death rituals within these religions along with their views on do not resuscitate orders. Finally, it provides information on how to...
This tipsheet offers guidance for handling common behavioral concerns to help caregivers better understand what their loved ones with dementia or other conditions may be feeling or trying to communicate. An online and printer-friendly version are...
This fact sheet summarizes key features of palliative care, describes how it differs from hospice care, and clarifies some of the misconceptions that prevent people from considering palliative care for themselves or for loved ones. Links to relevant...
This fact sheet provides a guide to caregivers about medication use in older adults and people with disabilities. It describes how a pharmacist can help with challenges encountered when taking medications, provides questions to ask physicians and...
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.