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Alzheimer's Research UK presents "A Walk Through Dementia," a unique Google Cardboard application designed to put you in the shoes of someone living with dementia. Presented in virtual reality, you'll look at everyday life for a person with dementia at home, at the supermarket, and on the road. The app is free to download on your device, or you can view the virtual reality videos on YouTube (they are linked at the bottom of the web page).

These resources compiled by the National Institute on Aging describe how physical activity is an important part of healthy aging. These articles, which were previously housed on the Go4Life exercise and physical activity website, teach learners the latest on how exercise and physical activity can help you stay healthy as you age. A variety of exericse and physical activity tracking tools are available for download, along with videos demonstrating particular exercises.

The Nevada Interprofessional Healthy Aging Network (NIHAN) has created a series of tip sheets that offer educational information and resources for the health and well being of older adults and their caregivers. The topics of the tip sheets cover the 4Ms: Mobility, Medication, Mentation, and What Matters..

This guide for family caregivers was developed by Debra L. Scammon, PhD, and Christie North, MBA, from the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business to help increase confidence as a caregiver, and to help caregivers recognize and prioritize their own needs as well as those of their loved one, at home, in the community, and especially when interacting with health care providers.

Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2019.
https://utahgwep.org/

This guide for primary care providers was developed by Christie North, MBA, and Debra L. Scammon, PhD, at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business based on a project funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The guide is intended for primary care physicians, especially physicians, nurse practitioner, and physician assistants, who serve older adult patients (65+ years). The guide provides strategies and tactics to strengthen the partnership between clinicians, patients, and family caregivers.

The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender older adults. This web page offers publications, videos, articles, trainings, guides and more, and is intended for use by the general public as well as health care providers. The resource center is updated frequently with resources that span a variety of LGBT aging topics.

This web page describes and provides resources regarding the core competencies for frontline complex care providers which were created in October 2020 by the National Cnter for Complex Health and Social Needs, an initiative of the Camden Coalition. These complex care core competencies capture the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes for members of teams or individual practitioners that are working in complex care programs.

This web page from the National Institute on Aging includes information, clinical trial participant videos, and images regarding Alzheimer's disease. The 4-minute video, How Alzheimer's Changes the Brain, shows how Alzheimer's affects the human brain and looks at promising ideas to treat and prevent the disease. In the clinical trial participants videos, four participants in NIA-supported Alzheimer's research across the United States tell their stories about participating in trials. Finally, scientific images are included that show various aspects of the brain and Alzheimer's disease.

This playbook created by the Center for Healthcare Strategies helps to find the best in evidence-based and promising practices to improve care for people with complex health and social needs. Some topics that can be accessed include: Complex Care Interventions, Mental Health and Substance Use, Long-Term Services and Supports, Serious Illness and Palliative Care, Population Identification, Interdisciplinary Care Teams, Patient and Family Engagement, Health-Related Social Needs, Program Financing, Payment and Managed Care Models, and Medicare-Medicaid Integration.

This video series is designed for family caregivers to help them understand specific medical/nursing tasks. The tasks include: preparing special diets, managing incontinence, wound care, mobility, and managing medications. The videos and resource guides are available in both English and Spanish.

Source: AARP, 2020
https://www.aarp.org/ppi/initiatives/home-alone-alliance/family-caregiving-videos/