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This teaching strategy can be used to enhance the learning of students in beginning prelicensure nursing courses. Students will examine older adults' functional, physical, emotional, and mental health needs using the ACE.S framework. In addition, students will use therapeutic communication skills to assess older adults' wishes, expectations, cultural traditions, strengths, community resources, and family/caregiver involvement. Learning objectives, suggested learning activities and readings, and other materials are included. Files are downloadable/printable.

This teaching strategy focuses on assessment in long-term care clinical settings, and can be used with students in both beginning and advanced nursing courses. Since it is beneficial for learning to assign students to long-term care settings for several weeks, the teaching strategy provides learning activities for a six-week experience. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities and readings, and assessment tools are included. All files are downloadable/printable. This resource is only available for members.

These teaching strategies serve two purposes. First, they are designed to help students feel more comfortable initiating conversations with older adults about risks they may be willing to take to achieve benefits that may improve quality of life. They are also meant to raise awareness of decisions older adults make which may be unconventional within the context of a best practices model, yet are consistent with the older person's wishes, expectations, resources, cultural traditions, and strengths.

This teaching strategy is designed to increase the comfort level of the student to routinely include an integration of sexuality assessment in the plan of care of older adults. This teaching strategy can be used for the pre-licensure nursing student or to address the complexity of the issue for current nurses achieving further degrees. 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.

This teaching strategy focuses on working collaboratively with an older adult who has both physical and psychosocial challenges to find resources to maintain independence and support quality of life. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities and readings, and other materials are included. All files are downloadable/printable. This resource is only available to NLN members.

This training program is designed for first responders to help them understand what to do when they arrive on scene to care for an individual with dementia. It includes six modules with quizzes embedded in each one. Upon completion of the onling training, the learner may request a Certificate of Completion. (Registration is required for this free online module).

Source: Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative, 2019.
https://agec.uams.edu/

This curriculum by the Alzheimer's Association provides a variety of educational materials to help educate the future workforce about dementia and public health approaches to Alzheimer's disease. The curriculum includes five part video series, curriculum overview and faculty outline, a YouTube webinar, learning activities, and references.

Source: Alzheimer's Association, 2020. https://www.alz.org/professionals/public-health

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 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy CAPE (Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education) Outcomes and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education’s Accreditation Standards and Guidelines.

The Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Oncology Palliative Education (iCOPE) is the result of a grant to the University of Louisville to design, implement and evaluate an innovative, integrated, and interprofessional oncology palliative care curriculum for medical, nursing, social work and chaplaincy students. The project was funded by the National Cancer Institute R-25 mechanism in 2010 for 5 years and is ongoing mandatory curriculum for all medical students, nursing students, social work students in health care and chaplaincy residents at the University.

The curriculum 

This HRSA training curriculum on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias contains 16 core modules - each with a PowerPoint presentation including detailed notes and a reference list - to assist in teaching, and other presentations. The curriculum also includes supplemental modules to help providers and caregivers address challenges of the caregiving role. Continuing education contact hours are available for each of the 16 core modules.