Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Living Communities
This toolkit created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) equips senior living staff with resources to promote mental health, suicide prevention, and encourages active participation among residents. It includes guidelines for integrating suicide prevention into ongoing programs, hands-on tools, and training manuals.
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 26: Treating Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults
This updated Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is designed to help providers and others better understand how to identify, manage, and prevent substance misuse in older adults.
Pharmacy Innovations to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 10 Ways Hospitals Help Family Caregivers Prepare to Manage Medications
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses pharmacy innovations to improve patient and family engagement. It also lists and describes ten ways that hospitals can help family caregivers prepare to manage medications.
Approaches to Making Practice and System Changes to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 12 Ways Hospitals Integrate Family Caregiver Support
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses a variety of approaches to make practice and system changes to improve patient and family engagement. It also lists and discusses 12 ways hospitals can integrate family caregiver support.
Transitions in Care and Hospital Discharge Practices to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 16 Ways to Prepare and Support Family Caregivers
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses transitions in care and hospital discharge practices to improve patient and family engagement. It lists and describes 16 ways to prepare and support family caregivers.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Practices to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 9 Ways to Help Staff Access Data on Family Caregiver Discharge Preparation
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses electronic health record (EHR) practices to improve patient and family engagement. It lists and describes nine ways to help staff access data on family caregiver discharge preparation.
Staff Training Practices to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 16 Ways to Include Family Caregivers and Prevent Discharge Delays
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses 16 ways to include family caregivers and prevent discharge delays. Health care systems use new approaches to make changes in care processes, standardize specific changes that fulfill CARE Act requirements, and ensure sustained and reinforced training. Highlighted practices from the ongoing national CARE Act implementation scan include the 16 activities listed in the brief.
Fall Prevention
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.
Source: Saint Louis University GWEP, 2014.
Gerontology Resources for APRNs in Acute and Emergent Care Settings Toolkit
The goal of the Gerontology Resources for APRNs in Acute and Emergent Care Settings (2nd edition) toolkit (“Acute Care Resource Guide”) is to make geriatric and gerontological content easily accessible to those caring for older adults in higher-acuity care settings. It is designed with advance practice registered nurse (APRN) students, preceptors, clinicians, and educators in mind, and to provide a single portal to comprehensive resources.
Telehealth and Telemedicine Part 1
This lecture (11:42 minutes) given by Drs. Steve Bronsburg, Arif M. Rana, and Michael Y. Shen is the first part to two-part series on telehealth and telemedicine sponsored by the South Florida Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program at Nova Southeastern University. Part 1 discusses the current state telehealth and telemedicine and how it is used in various setting.