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This handout discusses the various types of canes and how to use them. It also explains the proper fit of a cane.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
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This handout discusses common changes that occur with aging that are not caused by illnesses. Each change listed has a description regarding what those changes look like in older adults.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
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This handout describes the signs of depression in older adult patients with Alzheimer's disease. It also discusses how to help people with this depression.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
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This handout provides tips on what to bring and what to ask at a doctor visit.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
https://aging.arizona.edu/education-training/care-partner-information-sheets
This curriculum guide is designed to prepare pharmacy students and pharmacists with the education needed to care for older adults. This third edition of the guide links foundational geriatric principles of care necessary for pharmacy students with the...
This handout reviews the different documents and conversations to have with caregivers and families early in a dementia diagnosis. It also discusses the various treatment choices for end-of-life care.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025...
This video (8:31 minutes) explains what dementia is and reviews how dementia can affect the brain along with risk factors that cause an impact on families and communities of dementia patients.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison...
This handout discusses the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of nursing home acquired pneumonia. It summarizes drug treatmentt for pneumonia in patients in the nursing home and those who become hospitalized.
This handout discusses the health benefits of exercise and provides exercise recommendations for older adults. It describes common exercise-related injuries in older adults, and medications that are linked to exercise complications.
This handout discusses the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of Parkinson's Disease, including medical and surgical therapies. It describes complications that can occur, and outlines treatment options for non-motor symptoms of Parksinson's...
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.