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This toolkit provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is designed to help organizations develop and deliver safe, reliable care every time for patients. It includes documents to help improve teamwork and communication, tools to help understand the underlying issues that can cause errors, and valuable guidance about how to create and maintain reliable systems. Within the nine tools included in the toolkit, each includes a short description, instructions, an example, and a blank template. (Registration to the IHI website is required to access this resource).

This toolkit is written to help people living with dementia, their family members, and their caregivers understand what to expect in the event of a disaster and how to prepare for it. The toolkit includes tip sheets and checklists covering topics such as planning for a disaster, important contacts, emergency supplies checklist, my medical conditions and care needs, and disaster planning tips for people living alone with dementia.

Source: National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center, 2018.

This toolkit is useful for organizations that provide services to older adults, such as senior centers and veterans programs. The toolkit offers information and materials for training staff to understand the issues associated with substance use and mental health disorders in older adults. Education materials for older adults are also included.

This pocket guide for providers describes the CDC's STEADI algorithm for fall risk screening, assessment, and intervention for community-dwelling older adults.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/

iSupport is a WHO online training and support manual for caregivers of people with dementia. It contains five modules: introduction to dementia, being a carer, caring for me, providing everyday care, and dealing with behavior changes.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2019.
https://www.who.int/publications

This website explains the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) package of tools, which help key stakeholders in health and social care to design and implement a person-centered and coordinated model of care.. The site includes links to the ICOPE Guidelines, ICOPE Handbook, ICOPE Handbook App, and other materials.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2019.
https://www.who.int/publications

This NIA webpage lets consumers and health professionals search health topics related to aging. The topics are sorted alphabetically and offers users a wide variety of materials to choose from.

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

This link provides access to patient and family caregiver educational materials created by the American Geriatrics Society's Health in Aging Foundation. Educational materials provide information on common diseases and disorders with aging, considerations for older adults and caregivers managing multiple health conditions, and tip sheets, including questions to ask when seeking care.

This reference provides geriatric evaluation and management guidance on 20 topics for clinicians and trainees who are caring for older adults. They are based on the American Geriatrics Society's' Geriatrics Review Syllabus and Geriatrics at Your Fingertips. Each tool is a clinical template which follows a History and Physical (H&P) format.

The OHNEP Program and the American College of Physicians (ACP) teamed up in 2015 to create four patient-related oral health literacy fact sheets for distribution to internal medicine physicians and primary care providers.

Written in an easily accessible engaging style, in both English and Spanish, with high-quality relatable imagery, the Oral Health Literacy fact sheets are available to download below and from the OHNEP website under the "Practice" tab.