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This video (56:40 mins) from the Wyoming Center on Aging's Alzheimer’s Disease Workshops for the Public, Family, and Caregiver describes the appropriate steps to assess a patient with Alzheimer's diease and other dementias, along with pharmacological...
This segment (4:03 minutes) of the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series discusses hallucinations when caring for older adults. It depicts a common scenario where a caregiver encounters hallucinations in an older adult patient, illustrates a...
This segment (4:04 minutes) of the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series discusses depression and apathy in caregiving of older adults. It depicts a common scenario where a caregiver encounters depression and apathy when caring for an older...
This segment (5:45 minutes) of the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series discusses agitation and anxiety in caregiving of older adults. It depicts a common scenario where a caregiver encounters agitation and anxiety in an older adult patient...
This Advisory highlights how mental and substance use disorder treatment programs can better serve people with physical and cognitive disabilities and substance use disorders (SUDs) and/or serious mental illness (SMI). The most current prevalence data...
This resource guide presents health care professionals working with people living with physical and sensory disabilities with information about substance use disorders, including risk factors and warning signs. It also discusses screening, types of...
This unpublished document developed by the Administration for Community Living provides four principles for person-directed services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities during serious illness.
Source: Administration...
This webpage provides links to several fact and tip sheets relevant to caregivers. These include fact/tip sheets on health topics, caregiving issues and strategies, statistics and demographics, and legal documents and issues. Many of these fact/tip...
This tipsheet offers advice to caregivers on when and how to take a break from caregiving to practice self-care and prevent burnout. An online and printer-friendly version are available.
Source: Family Caregiver Alliance, 2018.
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This tipsheet offers advice to help caregivers move or transfer a loved one with mobility limitations. An online and printer-friendly version are available.
Source: Family Caregiver Alliance, 2017.
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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.