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This webinar (47:23 minutes) given by Drs. Mariah Robertson, David S. Wu, and Corey Tapper from John Hopkins University discusses how to provide support to patients at home with COVID-19 through comfort care. It also identifies the most common symptoms associated with COVID-19 at the end of life. Finally, it discusses strategies for how to manage end of life symptoms for COVID+ patients at home.

Source: Johns Hopkins Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, 2020.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec/

This webinar (51:01 minutes) given by Drs. Mariah Robertson, David S. Wu, and Corey Tapper discusses advance care planning conversations to have with your primary care patients. It also discusses a feasible plan to address advance care planning with high risk patients in their own patient panel. Finally it reviews the process for appropriate advance directive documentation and billing.

Source: Johns Hopkins Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, 2020.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec/

This presentation (59:46 mins) by Dr. Kristin Hueftle, from the University of Utah's Division of Geriatric Medicine discusses frailty, toolkits to assess frailty, how to apply frailty assessments to nursing home residents, risk stratification for surgical interventions, and various frailty interventions, and frailty is modifiable. The presentation begins approximately at 2 minutes into the video.

This presentation (58:06 mins) by Drs. Whitney Haseman and Timothy Farrell from the University of Utah Geriatric Consortium discusses various strategies and ways to improve communication between caregivers and patients in PALTC facilities. A case study regarding the importance of communication in care transitions is provided. The last 15 minutes of the presentation is alloted for questions and comments from the audience.

This presentation (1:05:48 hrs) on delirium prevention is given by Dr. Miriam Beattie from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium. She discusses the definition, diagnostic criteria, risk factors, screening instruments, evidence-based prevention interventions, and non-pharmacologic management strategies. Her presentation begins 48 seconds into the video.

Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020.
https://utahgwep.org/trainings/age-friendly-ltss-echo

This presentation (1:02:19 hours) given by Dr. Gregory Collins, Commissioner of Public Health and Medical Director for Wyoming County, New York, on addiction discusses terms and definitions, the history of addiction and addiction treatment, the neurobiology of addiction, current opioid crisis, predisposing factors, and current treatment/intervention approaches.

Source: Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center, 2020.
https://www.r-ahec.org/

This presentation (56:35 minutes) by Dr. Ednita Wright, Chair and Professors of Human Services and Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling at Onandaga Community College provides an overview of opioid use among older adults (Wisdom Keepers); reasons for abuse; the power of the use stigmatizing language, the reason that language matters; how loneliness and shame increase the use of opioids among Wisdom Keepers; and effective ways to reduce the stigma that older adults face which keep them from the support they need and deserve. The presentation begins approximately 4 minutes into the video.

This web page provides access to various fireside chats fom the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium on various topics such as Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, age-friendly health systems, dementia-friendly communities, interventions to reduce social isolation for people with dementia and their caregivers, tips for optimizing vision, simple exercises to do at home, and promoting resilience through mindfulness. These chats are open to the community and are designed to offer both in-person and remote access to the presentations using audio web-based technology.

This web page provides access to various lectures from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium. The web page is updated frequently as new lectures are presented to the community and recorded. Slides can be downloaded.

Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium.
https://utahgwep.org/trainings

This recorded presentation (1:00:48 hrs) discusses when and how to screen for various common geriatric conditions that health care professionals may encounter in older adults. It describes how to tailor the screening process to the patient and the specific system being used.

Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium: Age-Friendly ECHO, 2019.
https://utahgwep.org/trainings/age-friendly-ltss-echo