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This website includes various information and tools to help caregivers when caring for Alzheimer's disease or other related dementia patients. The information included are topics such as understanding dementia, behavior issues, communication, everyday care, respite, and safety.

Source: Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program Dementia Care Website, 2023.

This resource from the Council on Social Work Education includes nine teaching modules directed towards gerontology education. Each module represents a different topic centered around the care of older adults and understanding aging.

This NIA website provides links to a variety of information regarding caregiving of older adults including news articles on a variety of relevant topics and information on long-term care, advance care planning, long-distance caregiving, and Alzheimer's caregiving.

Source: National Institue on Aging (NIA), 2020.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/

This NIA website provides information on Alzheimers and related dementias, with links to learn more about the disease, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment, caregiving, living with dementia, resources for professionals, and dementia research and clinical trials along with recent articles.

Source: National Institue on Aging (NIA), 2020.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/

This link provides access to resources associated with the 2019 American Geriatrics Society Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. These include the publication describing the updated criteria, a Using Wisely page about how to use the criteria, a guide for patients, clinicians, health systems, and payers, a pocketcard, teaching slides, and patient education materials.

This website provides resources for clinicians, patients, and caregivers related to making care and treatment decisions while honoring patient priorities. Several downloadable materials provide tolls for patients to identify their health priorities, conversation guides for patients and caregivers, tips for patients to communicate with clinicians, a decision aid for care at home or in the community, and a caregiver self-assessment tool.

This online caregiver tip sheet discusses caregiving and respite care when caring for a person with a stroke.

Patient education fact sheet on causes of fall and what to do when there is a fall at home

Research protocol from AHRQ re: prevention, diagnosis, and management of opioids, opioid misuse, and opioid use disorder in older adults; could be useful for developing educational materials; references (8/16/2019)

Sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association, this website contains 12 caregiver training resources that address warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, understanding dementia types, stages and risk factors, dementia conversations about driving, doctor visits, and legal and financial planning, communication strategies, living with Alzheimer's for caregivers and for people with Alzheimer's disease, and how to respond to dementia-related behavior. Some topics are provided in Spanish as well as English.