Resource Center

The introduction of the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline allows for a number that is easy to remember and easy to dial. As such, it is expected that calls will continue to increase, including calls by older adults and their family caregivers.

Thus, call center staff must be prepared to understand and meet the needs of older adult callers.

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The growing population of older adults presents a unique opportunity for mental health professionals to expand clinical practice and experience deeply meaningful clinical work.

Centering community engagement can meaningfully influence and impact the health and well-being of people. It can advance health equity and transform systems for health (e.g., health care policies and programs, housing, transportation) by ensuring that people closest to the problems are actively involved in driving needed changes and solutions.

The Integrating the Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program with the 4Ms course and case studies is a series that was created to educate health professionals on how to incorporate the 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) and the Geriatric SurgeryVerification Program into practice. This series includes one introductory course and four case studies. The introductory course discusses the perioperative experience as implemented through the GSV standards and the 4Ms framework.

The Foundations of Nursing Care for Older Adults series consists of 13 individual and interactive online modules featuring the latest content developed by faculty at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, engaging graphics, and knowledge checks for learners as they proceed through the learning content.

This learning module focuses on evaluating memory changes. This course will help you to: (1) identify common memory changes that occur before families receive a dementia diagnosis; (2) understand the process of getting a dementia diagnosis from a healthcare team; and (3) identify resources for addressing a family member's ongoing care-related needs. A list of resources is available for download. The module is also available in Spanish.

This learning module discusses healthcare teams. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) discuss the reasons an interprofessional team can provide better care for an older adult with multiple chronic conditions (MCC); (2) identify the roles and responsibilities of possible common team members; and (3) describe how the individual older adult needs to determine who becomes a member of the team. A short list of resources is available for download.

The module is also available in Spanish.

More than one-third of U.S. patients are health illiterate and older adult health literacy levels are lower than younger adults. Lower health literacy is related to low patient adherence, poor health quality and outcomes, reduced patient safety, and higher rates of disease and mortality. Participate in this module to learn about health literacy disparities across populations and to develop strategies to address poor health literacy.

Over the past 50 years, the understanding of the impact of nutrition on health has become increasingly important, facilitating a growing interest in the relationships between aging and nutrition. Participate in this module to better understand the unique nutritional needs of the older adult and recognize that undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are common among older adults but are not a normal part of aging.

This learning module focuses on aging and what older adults can expect to experience changes in. Changes that older adults experience and are discussed in this course include: (1) muscle mass; (2) vision; (3) hearing; (4) taste and smell; (5) cognition; (6) sleep patterns; and (7) metabolism. The module is also available in Spanish.

Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
https://catch-on.org/oaf-home/oaf-online-education/online-modules/menu-of-video-modules/