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This online training series on Family Involvement in Dementia Care was created by the Iowa Geriatric Education Center to help family caregivers develop the skills to act as partners in dementia care for their loved ones. Modules include videos, family interviews, hand-outs, and break-out discussions that teaches family members how to work as partners with staff in both community and long-term care settings. The ten-part series covers topics such as communicating with staff, negotiating on behalf of your loved one, asking difficult questions, managing medications, and more.

This curriculum guide provides an overview of a Post-Master's Advanced Certificate in Gerontology developed by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

These online, self-paced courses from the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative are designed for anyone who provides emergency care to older people. The Delirium course provides an overview of best practicies in identification, prevention, evaluation, and both non-pharmacological and pharmacological management of older adults in the ED. The Falls and Safe Mobility course describes best practicies for the ED assessment and evaluation of older adults who have fallen, interventions to prevent future falls, and recommendations for post ED care.

This interprofessional training program on Opioid Use in Long-Term Care Series from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium is for students, health care providers, and long-term care staff.

This online educational program from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium is designed to increase knowledge about Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) and improve care of residents with dementia. The training iprogram consists of four modules that, in total, will take 2-3 hours to complete. The topics covered include: an overview of dementia, understanding behaviors and your approach, effective communication within long-term care, and communication and understanding behaviors.

This teaching strategy from the National League of Nursing's Advancing Care Excellence for Caregivers series emphasizes the importance of family-centered care and focuses on effective family-centered communication strategies designed to improve outcomes and promote well-being for older adults and their family caregivers. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities including a case study, and suggested readings are included. Files are downloadable/printable.

This teaching strategy introduces students to a new interprofessional field of study called gerontechnology, which concerns the matching of technological environments to health, housing, mobility, communication, and the leisure and work of older adults. The learning activities in this strategy can be used for undergraduate or graduate students, separately or together.

The Training and Education Center from the Alzheimer's Association offers a number of online dementia courses that are free to access after creating a free account. Course titles are listed, and you can use search filters to find courses you are interested in. There are three courses available in Spanish.

Source: Alzheimer's Association.
https://www.alz.org/

This online course for nurse educators discusses the national family caregiving crisis and the need for a paradigm shift in the education of health care professionals. It examines the development of the interprofessional family caregiving competencies and the family caregiving domains of preparedness (collectively referred to as "the competencies"). Educational opportunities using evidence-based resources to integrate family caregivers into the health care team and prepare them for their vital roles will be developed. The course is online, 1-hour in duration, and self-paced.

This teaching strategy looks at raising the awareness of client expectations and at how the nurse can work with the client in addressing these expectations to ultimately maintain the best possible quality of life. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities and readings, and other materials are included. Files are downloadable/printable. This resource is only available for members.