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This podcast produced by A Cup of Health with CDC provides a look into preventative steps to take to avoid falls in older adults. Elizabeth Burns is interviewed to discuss how aging affects falls and how to prevent them. (3.52 minutes)
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This tip sheet provided by the American Geriatrics Society's Health in Aging Foundation discusses a list of ten tips for aging well. These tips vary from topics in nutrition to exercising,. The tipsheet provide a useful handout for patient education....
This CDC pamphlet from the STEADI program informs older adults of four steps they can take to prevent falls.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
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This handout describes the different types of dementia outside of Alzheimer's disease, and how to care for older adults with these various dementias.
This handout defines and identifies the prevalance of ageism. It also provides steps clinicians can take to reduce ageism among themselves, their communities, and their patients.
This handout discusses how to manage anxiety symptoms in older adults through pharmacotherapy. Useful tables on conditions and medications that are cause anxiety, risks of long-term benzodiazepinertain therapy, and anti-anxiety medications with...
This handout discusses the assessment kidney function in older adults. It also identifies various issues related to care of older adults with chronic kidney disease.
This handout identifies reasons why urinary catheters become blocked, and provides approaches to evaluate and manage patients with catheter blockage.
This handout reviews ways to communicate with patients who have dementia.
This handout discusses appropriate ways to communicate with older patients in a clinical setting. Approaches to help patients' understanding while avoiding ageism are emphasized.
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.