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This podcast (43:14 minutes) features an interview with Mara Schonberg who discusses cancer screening. Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that, on average, take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits of mammography breast cancer screening rise with age, peak when women are in their 60s, and decline thereafter. That is why the American College of Physicians recommendation regarding mammography for women over age 75 is that average-risk women or with women with a life expectancy of 10 years or less should discontinue screening for breast cancer.

This podcast (47:47 minutes) features interviews wtih Christine Kistler and Scott Bauer who discuss some of the myths about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTIs in older adults. Christine Kistler is a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who published a JAGS article titled "Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline." She discusses how we should work-up and manage “urinary tract infections.” Scott Bauer reviews how to assess and manage lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. She falls and breaks her hip. Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? A huge part of this decision rests on (1) her previously stated wishes, values, and goals (prior to the onset of dementia); and (2) the outcomes of surgery for patients with dementia.

The Geriatric Lecture Series is a collection of video presentations devoted to topics in clinical geriatrics, designed to teach important principles in the care of older adults. Presentations are given by Marianne Smith.

This podcast, "Innovations in Aging," explores and discusses the latest and evolving topics in how the next generation of changemakers can prepare to meet the needs of our aging world.

This resource guide published by the Alzheimer's Association and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials features how Community Health Workers (CHW) can promote healthy aging and address dementia challenges. The guide also shares sources of CHW-related training, education, frameworks, and tools.

This resource is an FAQ about Aducanumab (Aduhelm) which is the newest drug for Alzheimer's disease. This medication may help slow progression of the early stage of Alzheimer's disease. This resource is intended to address questions from families, people living with dementia, and care professionals regarding the new FDA-approved Alzheimer's drug.

The Minnesota-North Dakota chapter of the Alzheimer's Association conducted interviews with 12 public health officials to gain a better understanding of the agencies' current work and experience with supporting caregivers of dementia patient and the challenges and opportunities anticipated for implementing dementia caregiving programs in the future. This document summarizes key themes and insights concluded from the interviews.

This online encyclopedia created by the Dartmouth-Hitchock Aging Resource Center provides links to a variety of key words used in healthcare settings with regards to caring for older adults. Each word links to an article that discusses the term in more detail.

This web page created by the Alzheimer's Association discusses dementia and driving in older adults. Driving requires the ability to react quickly to a variety of circumstances. Because of this, a person living with Alzheimer’s will, at some point, be unable to drive. Planning ahead can help ease the transition. This web page provides a variety of resources for older adults and their families to help have those hard conversations as well as transition to not driving.