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The Gerontological Society of America and its Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education designed this toolkit, with support from AARP, to provide resources to advance age inclusivity in institutions of higher education. These tools and resources may be adapted to meet your institution's approach to making the case, building relationships, addressing ageism, crafting new efforts, and conducting assessments. The suite of tools can be used by faculty, students, administrators, and other campus leaders.

This toolkit from the Gerontological Society of America is intended as a supportive document of practical approaches, educational resources, and validated clinical tools to help primary care teams implement the KAER Model in their own initiatives related to brain health and timely detection of cognitive impairment. Information on the different types of dementia is also included. Medical educators and medical students may also find the toolkit's content useful.

The AGS Cognitive Screening Toolkit includes free open access cognitive screening tests that are recommended by the USPSTF. The toolkit can serve as a resource for clinicians to better understand cognitive screening tools, which have been validated in Primary Care settings and are available for free. This toolkit can help in selecting the appropriate cognitive screening tool to use with primary care patients.

This link includes a database of various terms and definitions used throughout healthcare settings. Each term includes a detailed definition of what it means.

Source: Next Step in Care, 2015.

This toolkit by the Eldercare Workforce Alliance was published to help those interested in starting a statewide coalition focused on the workforce that cares for the aging population. The toolkit includes: The Issues, Retooling Recommendations and Strategy, and State Coalition Toolkit. These include step by step instructions to carry out this formation of a statewide coalition with examples from the North Carolina Eldercare Workforce Coalition.

The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) toolkit for general practitioners and medical and health professionals working in primary care settings explains what comprehensive geriatric assessment is, in what circumstances to use it, and how it is performed with planning and involvement of social services. The toolikit includes guides on specific medical issues covering a range of conditions and situations, from bone health to end of life care. All content can be downloaded in PDF form.

Source: British Geriatrics Society (BGS), 2019.

This comprehensive geriatric assessment toolkit is a unique one-stop kit of evidence-based resources with customizable tools for providers with appropriate instructions which are ready to print and use. Materials for clients and caregivers are also available. The toolkit presents definitions, explanations, and resources for 5 topics: comprehensive geriatric assessment, frailty, geriatric syndromes, proactive care, and personalized planning. The toolkit offers information on how to translate its content into over 100 different languages, and it is mobile device-friendly.

This Conversation Starter Kit from The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, aims to help people share their wishes for end-of-life care with their loved ones. The Starter Kit's four steps guide the conversation and how to complete legal documents that reflect an individual's wishes.

This guide from The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, aims to help people choose and prepare a health care proxy. Information and resources for health care proxies are included.

This Conversation Starter Kit from The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is designed to help families and loved ones of people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia begin the conversation about how they want to live at the end of their life. This guide will help family members begin these talks in the early stages of decline, and it includes ways to use the Starter Kit on your loved one's behalf in the later stages.