The Value of Dementia Assessments
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on the value of dementia. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about the value of dementia and how it pertains to their respective profession.
Supporting Military Caregivers
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on supporting military caregivers. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about supporting military caregivers and how it pertains to their respective profession.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19: Predictors and Outcomes
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 and how it pertains to their respective profession.
What is Age-Friendly Healthcare?
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with current information on age-friendly healthcare. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about age-friendly healthcare.
An Introduction to Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with current information on neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disesase.
Maximizing Mobility in Older Adults
This toolkit contains resources for teaching learners how to address mobility disability in older people in the primary care setting. It contains introductory material appropriate for undergraduate and graduate level learners. This toolkit contains two components: a Learner Module which is designed for students and a compendium of Teaching and Learning Resources which is designed for instructors. Instructors can select the resources that work best for their learners and embed them into their course materials.
Opioid Tapering
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with current information on opioid tapering. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals. By the end of this activity, learners should be able to: (1) Identify evidence-based practices for tapering opioids in patients using chronically; (2) Discuss cases of opioid tapering; and (3) Describe currently available tools tailored to help the busy clinician with opioid tapering.
Caregiver Toolkit
This caregiver toolkit created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences includes a variety of resources for caregivers of older adults. The different sections in the toolkit include: Caregiver Tips, Caregiver Corner, Caregiver Stories, Ageless Grace, Tech Savvy Senior Tips, Newsletters, and Online Community Programs.
AGEC Online Family Caregiver Workshop
This online family caregiver workshop created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences provides a series of ten videos that discuss the various aspects of caregiving in older adults. The topics discussed in the videos include: The Diagnosis of Dementia; What is Caregiving?; Creating a Care Plan; Stages of Dementia and the Role of the Caregiver; Caregiver Duties; Tools and Resources; Caregiver Self Care; Addressing Behaviors with Dementia; Shared Decision Making; Discharge Planning. Videos can be accessed in the description under the video.
Mobility Matters: Essentials of Age-Friendly Healthcare 4Ms Framework
This presentation (17:37 minutes) given by Denise Pryor Kruszynski, Family Nurse Practitioner and clinical trainer for the age-friendly health system, discusses how mobility fits into the age-friendly healthcare 4Ms framework. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) give an overview of the age-friendly health system; (2) explain the 4M's framework; and (3) understand why optimizing mobility is integral to the establishment of the age-friendly health system.