Pelvic Floor Training for Urinary Incontinence: Taming a Renegade Bladder With Brains and a Brawny Pelvic Floor
This presentation (1:03:35 minutes) by James Ballard discusses urinary incontinence. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) discuss the types of urinary incontinence and associated symptoms; and (2) describe how to perform pelvic floor muscle exercises correctly and how to use the muscles functionally to decrease urinary incontinence. Slides are available to download. Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020
The Distance Dilemma: Providing Care to Loved Ones from Another State or Location
This presentation (1:02:36 minutes) by Kathy Nelson discusses providing caregiving from a distant location. Ojectives in this presentation are to: (1) explore where the distant caregiver stands; (2) review the "six R's" of the distant caregiver (skills); (3) discuss the best practices associated with each "R"; (4) find local support through national channels; and (5) explore support options when engaging with care receiver's friends, neighbors, and others. Slides are available to download. Part of the Fireside Chat series.
Dementia Friendly @ Work
The Dementia Friendly @ Work training is a one hour education session for staff of business and service organizations as well as other community settings. Anyone can deliver the training, using the Trainer's Guide to prepare and deliver the content. The training focuses on understanding dementia, communication tips and taking action to create an environment that is safe, respectful, and welcoming for people living with dementia. More than 100,000 Minnesotans have dementia or a related disorder. It’s projected that the number of Alzheimer’s cases and other dementias will triple by 2050.
Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Care: Recognizing Unmet Needs
This presentation (1:03:19 minutes) by Dorothy A. Colby discusses challenging behaviors in people living with dementia and what is underneath it. Topics discussed are: (1) what are challenging behaviors?; (2) what makes these situations happen?; (3) 10 human unmet needs; (4) it's all about the amygdala; (5) visual, verbal, and touch connections; and (6) looking at our role and needs. (Presentation starts at 2:25 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, 2022
Evaluating Memory Changes
This learning module focuses on evaluating memory changes. This course will help you to: (1) identify common memory changes that occur before families receive a dementia diagnosis; (2) understand the process of getting a dementia diagnosis from a healthcare team; and (3) identify resources for addressing a family member's ongoing care-related needs. A list of resources is available for download. The module is also available in Spanish.
Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
Working in Teams
This learning module discusses healthcare teams. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) discuss the reasons an interprofessional team can provide better care for an older adult with multiple chronic conditions (MCC); (2) identify the roles and responsibilities of possible common team members; and (3) describe how the individual older adult needs to determine who becomes a member of the team. A short list of resources is available for download.
The module is also available in Spanish.
Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
Communication Among Patients and Practitioners: Enhancing Adherence and Safety
More than one-third of U.S. patients are health illiterate and older adult health literacy levels are lower than younger adults. Lower health literacy is related to low patient adherence, poor health quality and outcomes, reduced patient safety, and higher rates of disease and mortality. Participate in this module to learn about health literacy disparities across populations and to develop strategies to address poor health literacy.
Nutrition for the Older Adult
Over the past 50 years, the understanding of the impact of nutrition on health has become increasingly important, facilitating a growing interest in the relationships between aging and nutrition. Participate in this module to better understand the unique nutritional needs of the older adult and recognize that undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are common among older adults but are not a normal part of aging.
Precepting Tips for Medication Self-Management
This document discusses medication self-management. It gives an overview on this topic and provides key resources for interprofessional teams to use within each step of the 4-step process for effective medication self-management. Teaching tips are also provided.
Source: Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, 2022
https://mngwep.nexusipe.org/preceptor-tip-sheets
Precepting Tips & Tools to Support Medication Self-Management
This document discusses how to support medication self-management. It provides a medication self-efficacy checklist to help determine an individual's readiness to self-mange their medicaion. It follows the 4-step process for effective medication self-management, and assesses how confident they are about intended use, effectiveness, safety, convenience of use, and managing their medications on their own. There is also a list of additional resources for assisting older persons and their families to self-manage their medications.