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This interactive questionnaire from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is designed to be taken by older adults. The questionnaire asks questions about driving safety that you can answer for yourself or for someone else. Suggestions are provided based on the answers.

This website from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center provides resources for completing a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Two videos are included: Administering the Timed Up and Go (TUG) and Administering the MiniCog. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is an evidenced-based, multidimensional evaluation that geriatricians and other health care providers use to determine functional age in older adults, guide future diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, determine reversible deficits and devise strategies to mitigate or eliminate such deficits.

This booklet by the National Institute of Aging discusses how older adults can get a good night's sleep. Topics include: 1) what happens during sleep; 2) the importance of sleep; 3) how aging changes your sleep; 4) ways to improve your sleep; and 5) types of sleep problems.

Source: National Institute on Aging, 2020.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/

The Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program shares this resource page for preceptors and clinicians working with health professional trainees in clinical settings. There is a collection of general preceptor resources and a collection of GeriPreceptor Tipsheets for teaching specific geriatric topics.

This Growing Stronger Program toolkit aims to: 1) provide the necessary educational materials and training to program leaders to help them successfully implement and maintain the Growing Stronger Program; 2) facilitate the implementation of the program in community centers, local health and fitness facilities, hospitals and clinics, cooperative extension services, businesses, and any other place where older adults come together; and 3) improve the health and well-being of older adults throughout the U.S.

The Stanford Internet-based Successful Aging (iSAGE) project is a project aimed at improving quality of life and quality of care for all older Americans from diverse backgrounds. iSAGE offers an entirely web-based, video rich immersion training in the principles of successful aging for the general public as well as health workers. It is unique in that it allows learners to specialize in health and health care of 13 different ethno-cultural groups commonly seen in the U.S. The web page also links to a searchable enthogeriatrics reference database with 1000+ resources.

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/