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This educational module is designed byCollaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) as part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care Program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) why older adults are at greater risk for medication-related harms; (2) why older adults who take more than five medications per day need to be particularly careful; (3) medications that are highest risk for older adults; and (4) how to reduce medication-related harm.

This educational module is designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) symptoms of different kinds of depression; (2) how common depression is; (3) risks for depression and suicide; and (4) treatment options for depression in older adults.

This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care Program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) what dementia is; (2) how dementia is different than just "getting older"; (3) how the brain works; (4) the kinds of memory problems people with dementia have; and (5) how to talk with someone who has dementia.

This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) what delirium is; (2) three types of delirium; (3) how delirium may look different in older versus younger adults; and (4) how to prevent and manage delirium.

This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care program. By the end of this module, learners will know: (1) the importance of choosing the appropriate family caregiver; (2) how health care providers and older adults and their caregivers can best communicate with each other; (3) the challenges and positive aspects of caregiving; and (4) how to support family caregivers.

This website designed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center discusses suicide prevention in the older adult population. It describes the risk and protective factors in this population. Resource links to fact sheets and toolkits for promoting psychological health, reducing loneliness and social isolation as well as suicide preventionfor senior centers and senior living communities are provided.

This care partner activity kit designed by Memory Care Home Solutions provides a variety of activities for individuals with dementia and their care partners to complete together. These activities are designed to help reduce anxiety and stress as well as other mood problems dementia patients may experience. Each activity includes instructions for how to complete it.

This module discusses the importance of promoting medicare annual wellness visits for older adults. This module aims to educate providers and clinical staff regarding the components, documentation, and benefits in providing Medicare Annual Wellness Visits to all eligible patients.

Nursing home and assisted living center healthcare providers and nursing staff are challenged to address issues of intimacy, sexuality, and dementia regularly within those settings. This module discusses common misconceptions and approaches to appropriately met the needs of patients with dementia/Alzheimer's disease.

This module discusses advance care planning that will assist the medical team in respecting the individual's wishes as he or she approaches the end of life. Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to: (1) identify the advanced directive document and how to complete them; (2) discuss challenges with completion of advance directives in those with different stages of cognitive impairments or who may be incapable of decision making; (3) review billing and coding for Advance Care Planning. Continuing education credits are available upon completion.