Resource Center

This video (4:28 min) created by UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care provides caregivers with tips on how to assist an individual who is refusing to bathe. Simulated situations are provided that demonstrates how to encourage undressing and bathing.

This video (3:33 min) created by Memory Care Home Solutions provides a tutorial on how to use a shower chair when a caregiver assists an individual with dementia or memory loss to bathe.

This video (9:02 min) provides a virtual tour of a dementia friendly home used for caregiver training by Memory Care Home Solutions. Jill Cigliana, program director of Memory Care Home Solutions, discusses different ways for families to make their homes a more supportive and enjoyable place for people living with dementia to live. She also provides solutions that families can easily and affordably implement in their own homes.

This video (24:12 minutes) from the Gateway Geriatric Education Center highlights common fall hazards found throughout a typical day for a nursing home resident. The locations addressed in this video are the bedroom, bathroom hallways and corridors, lighting and out-of-doors. Footwear and wheelchair safety are also discussed.

In this episode, Dr. Melissa Batchelor talks about Age-Friendly Health Systems with her special guest, Dr. Terry Fulmer, the President of the John A. Hartford Foundation. They discuss age-friendly health systems and how they are evolving with the constantly growing population of older adults.

Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020.
https://utahgwep.org/

How CAB Began

At Nexus Summit 2017, John Gilbert, Mattie Schmitt, Bud Baldwin, and Barbara Brandt were able to sit down for a few minutes and discuss the past, present and future of the field. In this video, at about the 05:15 mark, the discussion turns to the genesis of CAB.

This video (19:52 min) from the Pacific Islands Geriatric Education Center is designed to inform and empower caregivers about dysphagia. It discusses various tips and lifestyle changes to consider when trying to avoid dysphagia.

Source: JABSOM Geriatric Medicine, 2017.
https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/resources/

This set of videos covers the topic area of caring for older adults with Alzheimer's disease. The videos include: Discovering Alzheimer's Disease; Life as a Caregiver; Caregiver Tactics; and Finding Support.

Source: Caregiver Action Network (CAN), 2017.
https://www.caregiveraction.org/

An ethnographic documentary by Dr Tanisha Jowsey

How are health care professional students – pharmacy, medicine and nursing – learning to manage the tough aspects of patient care? This ethnographic film documents their experiences in one powerful training initiative: Urgent and Immediate Patient Care Week.

Producers: Dr Tanisha Jowsey and Richard Smith

Director: Dr Tanisha Jowsey

GeriaCasts, from the Iowa Geriatric Education Center, are video presentations on a wide variety of frequently requested topics in geriatrics, valuable for all who provide care for older adults. These YouTube videos are organized into different categories that you can explore, including person-centered care; palliative care and hospice care; and several dementia-related topics. Each video is approximately 1 hour long. The videos are free to access after registering an account through Canvas.