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This lecture (31:15 minutes) given by Mindy J. Fain discusses the aspects of an age-friendly health system. By the end of this lecture, learners should be able to: (1) explain the need for age-friendly health systems; (2) describe what is meant by age-friendly care; and (3) discuss how to practice the 4Ms of age-friendly care.

Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
https://aging.arizona.edu/education-training/care-partner-information-sheets

This brief video provides an introduction to the 4Ms Framework for Age-Friendly Health Systems. It discusses how healthcare professionals can deliver "what matters" evidence-based care to older adults reliably across every care setting.

Source: RUSH Center for Excellence in Aging
https://www.rush.edu/

IHI's Vice President, Frank Frederico, RPh, gives an overview of IHI's Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit. Throughout this video, he takes a look at what it includes, how it can be used, and how it can help make an organization safer and more reliable.

Source: Institute for Healthcare (IHI), 2019.
https://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/Patient-Safety-Essentials-Toolkit.aspx

This 8 minute video demonstrates and discusses communication techniques for providers to use when discussing advanced care planning with an older adult.

Source: The Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania, 2012.
https://www.med.upenn.edu/gec/

This brief video provides a demonstration of how to administer and score the Mini-Cog Test to a patient. This test is used to assess a patient's cognition and memory.

Source: ACT on Alzheimer's, 2014.
https://actonalz.org/

In this 5 minute video, Dr. Steven Tam discusses how to evaluate complaints of memory impairment. He also describes how to manage the evolution and progression of dementia.

Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 2019.
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp

WHO believes that every older person should have access to high quality, person-centered services. This brief video explains WHO's guidelines for Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE), which focuses on building their physical and mental capacities.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2018.
https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/how-to-adapt-person-centered-health-services-to-ageing-populations#

This 25 minute video presented by Dr. Xaviour Walkerat the University of California Irvine provides a deeper look into what healthy aging is and what it looks like. He also discusses how to incorporate healthy aging into clinics.

Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 2019.
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp

This brief video discusses the three stages of Alzheimer's disease along with some of the symptons of each stage.

Source: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2019.
https://www.uams.edu/

This brief video tells people how and when to inform families and friends of a loved one diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias.

Source: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2019.
https://www.uams.edu/