Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions: Challenges in the Care of Older Adults
An increasing number of people are living with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). These older adults with MCC experience a high level of “illness burden” (poor quality of life, depression, “treatment burden” (multiple uncoordinated visits, polypharmacy) and lack of person-centered care (low continuity, lack of focus on patients’ priorities). This module covers optimizing care for older adults with MCC by reducing treatment burden and unplanned care.
Driving Safety of the Older Adult
Not all changes that occur with age indicate an individual is not able to drive. Participate in this module to understand common reasons which warrant a recommendation for a comprehensive driving evaluation. Learn how to screen and assess older drivers at risk for unsafe driving, enhance older drivers’ driving safety and help older adults ease the transition to driving retirement.
Sexuality and the Older Adult
A healthy sex life is fulfilling and good for multiple aspects of life including physical health and self-esteem. This is true among many older adults who continue to enjoy their sexuality into their 80’s and beyond. Participate in this module to better understand the myths vs. reality of sexual activity among older adults, the importance of assessing the sexual history utilizing the PLISSIT model, and screening for STIs. Acquire successful strategies for managing patients’ sexual dysfunction and provide appropriate patient education for your older adult patients.
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Providing Culturally Appropriate Care for LGBTQ Older Adults
The LGBTQ older adult has lived through a lifetime of stigma and discrimination. The lived experiences of LGBTQ older adults affect their engagement with health care. Participate in this module to better understand and address the multidimensional needs of aging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults, learn to utilize a patient centered framework to provide culturally appropriate care, and meet the needs of the LGBTQ older adult patient. Acquire successful strategies for developing cultural competence to address disparities and inequalities experienced by this population.
Field of Aging: Its Relevance and Learning the Basics
This learning module is intended for social work students. The module includes a pre-training survey that includes a pre-test, a video presentation focused on Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, and a post-training survey. The presentation is given by Jessica Wilkinson and topics include: (1) positives of aging and working with aging population; (2) dementia; (3) death and dying; (4) advance directives; (5) mental health challenges associated with aging; (6) social challenges association with aging; (7) therapy with older adults; and (8) therapy with older adults.
Successful Telehealth Visits: From the Experiences of People Living With Dementia
This video (10:40 minutes) features people living with dementia and a care partner (Terry Montgomery, Cheryl and Mike Belleville, and Barney Nelson) discusses what they like about telehealth visits and what helps them have the best telehealth visit possible. They also provide information on how telehealth visits can improve access to care. From AgingME and the Dementia Action Alliance.
Source: AgingME: Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), 2021
Why Knowing a Dementia Diagnosis is Important: From the Experiences of People Living with Dementia
This video (6:24 minutes) features people living with dementia and their care partners (Terry Montgomery, Cheryl and Mike Belleville, and Barney Nelson). They discuss how they felt about receiving the diagnosis of dementia and the importance of knowing the diagnosis. From AgingME and the Dementia Action Alliance.
Source: AgingME: Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), 2021
https://sites.une.edu/gwep/agingme-gwep-training-videos/
Did You Know? Tips for Health Professionals Working With People Living Dementia
This playlist consists of 12 videos ranging from 30 seconds to 3 minutes in which Dementia Action Alliance on the Mark experts give tips on caring for people with dementia. The tips are suited to online programming and are more generally useful for anyone planning a program or telehealth visit or even a personal zoom call with a person living with dementia.
Source: AgingME: Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), 2021
Dementia Reconsidered: Using Medications Wisely
This presentation (1:57:16 minutes) by Susan Wehry and Sydney P. Sprigner discusses medications and people living with dementia. The session reviews current pharmacologic approaches to the care of persons with dementia, with a special focus on the use and misuse of antipsychotic medications. It also reviews successful non-pharmacological approaches to distress-signal behaviors and a discussion of why reducing antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia remains so important. Deprescribing protocols are made available. Presentation slides are available for download.