Age-Friendly Health Systems Interview with Dr. Terry Fulmer
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/
Interprofessional competencies of students in a geriatric case competition
This article describes a valuable activity to teach health professions students – the interprofessional geriatric case competition. This program brought together students from multiple health professions to design and present a comprehensive care plan using a simulated complex geriatric patient case. Student participants demonstrated beginning skills in interprofessional collaboration based on the IPEC competencies.
COVID-19: Oral Health Resource Kit
The Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) program developed the COVID-19: Oral Health Resource Kit for nursing and health professions educators to incorporate valuable interprofessional teaching resources in classroom and clinical simulation settings to demonstrate the connections between oral health and COVID-19. These resources include an unfolding case study, patient health literacy, a slide deck and a comprehensive COVID-19 and oral health resource list.
Life in Balance: Decreasing Fall Risk with Balance Training
This presentation from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium is given by Dr. James Ballard (University of Utah) who discusses the role of balance training to decrease fall risk in older adults. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to demonstrate an understanding of how exercise interventions related to improving balance can decrease fall risk in older adults.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2021
https://utahgwep.org/trainings/age-friendly-ltss-echo
The University of California San Diego Geriatrics Escape Room: A Didactic Innovation
Faculty from the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California San Diego Medical School and the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System developed a Geriatrics Escape Room to improve resident exposure to geriatric medicine, introduce the 4Ms Framework of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, and increase resident interest in the specialty. This article describes the implementation of this teaching strategy and its evaluation in internal medicine residents. Supplemental materials provide puzzle instructions with materials used, surveys, and 4Ms care forms.
Core Competencies for Frontline Complex Care Providers
This web page describes and provides resources regarding the core competencies for frontline complex care providers which were created in October 2020 by the National Cnter for Complex Health and Social Needs, an initiative of the Camden Coalition. These complex care core competencies capture the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes for members of teams or individual practitioners that are working in complex care programs.
75+ Resources for Gerontology Education
This interactive PDF contains a collection of 75+ teaching resources from GSA's Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education represents a broad range of gerontology-based materials (e.g., videos, teaching tips, webinars, research, syllabi, open education resources) to assist both new and seasoned gerontology educators. The materials are arranged alphabetically within a variety of categories (e.g., careers, public policy). Key words associated with each resource are provided to facilitate searching for relevant materials.
Source: Gerontological Society of America, 2020
Age Friendly Healthcare Webinars for Direct Care Workers
In partnership with Service Providers for Seniors group in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Dakota Geriatrics (GWEP) has organised a series of webinars on the Age Friendly Heatlhcare Systems and the framework of Geriatric 4Ms.
Understanding Racial Disparities in Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Risk
This presentation (46:44 minutes) sponsored by the University of Arizona's Center on Aging is given by Dr. Rachel Peterson, CDC Healthy Brain Research Network Scholar. Dr. Peterson discusses the racial disparities in cognitive aging. She defines and describes racial disparities in a variety of contexts and under the umbrella of dementia. Finally, she discusses clinical implications for racial disparities when caring for Alzheimer's disease and cognitively impaired patients. (Presentation begins at 1:32 minutes).
Let's Talk Aging: Spirituality and Well Being in Later Life-- Yea or Nay?
This presentation (1:00:43) is given by Dr. Amanda Sokan from the University of Arizona's Meland Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Sokan describes spirituality and its importance to well-being within the context of aging. She discusses the benefits and barriers of spiritual care, assessments for spirituality and need for spirtual care, and interventions. (Presentation begins at 2:30 minutes).