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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.

This toolkit is a resource for understanding the AGS Guiding Principles for the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity. It contains several articles from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that outline guiding principles, a stepwise approach for patient-centered care, a pocket card, assessment tools, teaching slides, and case studies.

A website of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing that provides videos, assessment tools, articles, and podcasts related to the Try This: Series on 35 topics.

2020 has been declared the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Assembly, a World Health Organization (WHO) forum.

Nurses and midwives are recognized for their devotion to providing valuable and life-saving care in hospitals, homes and throughout the community. On the frontlines of health care, nurses and midwives are especially well-positioned to provide oral health education and screening to promote oral and overall health. 

OHNEP Program Director Dr. Erin Hartnett had the honor of inaugurating the launch of the Australian Network for the Integration of Oral Health (NIOH) at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care in Melbourne, Australia on November 12, 2019. Dr. Hartnett was invited to present by the Centre for Oral Health Outcomes and Research Translation (COHORT) at Western Sydney University in Australia, where she has been appointed as an honorary Associate Professor.

OHNEP is excited to announce our designation as a 2019 Edge Runner from the American Academy of Nursing! This initiative recognizes those individuals and organizations who are leaders in designing models of care and interventions to improve healthcare cost and access. OHNEP is receiving the award for its leadership in “putting the mouth back in the head” in nursing education and clinical practice, improving clinical outcomes and making positive contributions to the financial health of organizations.

This quarter's newsletter highlights OHNEP achievements and projects from the Summer and Fall 2019, as well as exciting new partnerships and publications! You can check out the newsletter here.

Interested in being on our mailing list? Contact jessamin.cipollina@nyu.edu to join and get updates and announcements from OHNEP and our oral health partners!

The Jewell and Carl F. Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium is an annual event that provides a forum for health professional students, educators, practitioners, researchers, and policy-makers who have the power to improve health and wellness for individual patients, communities, and populations through innovation in interprofessional practice and education. It is a one-day conference held each year in early spring.  Faculty, practitioners, and students from all healthcare fields are invited.

March 6, 2020 -- join us in Chicago for our first conference on building and maintaining an interprofessional culture in your healthcare environment.

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A compilation of recent scholarly works for interprofessional trainee education and faculty development.

Live links to articles, coursework, case studies, webinars, curriculum and other items for interest to the interprofessional education and clinical practice community.