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This handout reviews the diagnostic evaluation, treatment, and causes for diarrhea and fecal incontinence in older adults.
This handout discusses goals of older adult diabetics such as maintaining glycemic pressure and blood pressure. It also reviews the use of statins and aspirin for cardioprotection.
This handout reviews both prescription drugs and non-prescription supplements that have been used to treat depression in older adults. It also highlights medications associated with depression and antidepressants that should be avoided.
This handout reviews the process of screening, diagnosis, and treatment of depression in older adults. It also discusses special considerations to consider such as bereavement and suicide.
This handout discusses the fact that the diagnosis of dementia is often missed, and it provides different approaches to improve this diagnosis.
This handout discusses problems with polypharmacy, and provides recommendations for how clinicians should discuss the process of deprescribing medications to their patients.
This handout provides information regarding the management of COPD in older adults with an emphasis on patients who have heart diseases or diabetes.
This handout discusses the diagnosis and treatment of constipation in older adults. Both pharmacologic and non-pharmacological treatments are discussed.
The report, focusing on family caregivers of adults, reveals that family caregivers are in worse health compared to five years ago, and that personal finances are a concern: 28 percent of family caregivers have stopped saving, 23 percent have taken on...
This presentation given by Dr. Nicole. Brandt at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy describes how to safely handle medications in older adults. This lecture also explains recent medication safety and literature updates.
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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.