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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/

This brief video describes common communication problems that patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias encounter. It also discusses coping techniques for sleep problems such as sundowning in people with dementia.

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

This brief video describes specific factors that may cause Alzheimer's disease patients to respond negatively in different situations.

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

This website from CATCH-ON, a HRSA Geriatric Workforcement Enhancement Program, provides three videos on tje Age-Friendly Health System, including how to implement the 4Ms in an ambulatory care and inpatient hospital settings.