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This fact sheet offers tips to remove barriers and encourage conversations between caregivers and healthcare providers. It provides advice for preparing for the medical appointment, recommends questions to ask during the appointment, discusses how to...
This fact sheet describes the caregiver's role and basic tasks. It discusses how caregivers can practice self-care, develop coping skills, and ask for help when they need it. Links to relevant resources, organizations, and other fact sheets are...
This fact sheet provides caregivers with some practical strategies for dealing with the troubling behavior problems and communication difficulties often encountered when caring for a person with dementia. Links to relevant resources, organizations,...
This fact sheet provides caregivers with education on feeding tubes and ventilators and how to make the decision to initiate these types of therapies. It also helps caregivers recognize early warning signs of an impending medical crisis so that...
This fact sheet describes vascular dementia and its two types: post-stroke dementia and multi-infarct dementia. The factsheet discusses symptoms, testing and diagnosis, and treatment for both types. Caregiver advice and links to relevant resources,...
This fact sheet discusses traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its consequences, and provides information about the helpful resources available to families caring for a loved one affected by TBI. An online and printer-friendly version are available....
This fact sheet describes HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) and its risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. The factsheet also includes advice for caregivers of persons with HAND and links to relevant resources, organizations, and other...
These entry-level competencies are for graduate and post-graduate certificate programs preparing adult-gerontology cinical nurse specialists. The competencies are intended to be used in conjunction with and build upon the graduate and APRN core...
These entry-level competencies are for graduate and post-graduate certificate programs preparing adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioners. The competencies are intended to be used in conjunction with the graduate and APRN core competencies...
These competencies are intended to be used in conjunction with the graduate and APRN core competencies outlined in the AACN (2006) Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice or the AACN (1996) Essentials of Master’s Education for...
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.