Need to Knows
Need to Knows provide older adults and their families with important information to enhance their hospital or nursing home stays. This webpage provides numerous documents describing this crucial information for patients and families to consider for a variety of topics.
Source: Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) , 2022
https://nicheprogram.org/resources/need-to-knows
Use It or Lose It: Exercises for Older Adults
As we age, physical activity helps us attain our goals, maintain our functioning, and promote comfort. The videos on this web page include strength, balance, and flexibility exercises, which can help prevent falls and hip fractures. In addition, routine exercise can help prevent heart disease, reduce arthritis pain, and improve mood, sleep and blood sugar control, in addition to many other health promoting effects. If you prefer not to follow a video, an instruction sheet (PDF) provides several daily exercises appropriate for older adults who can stand with minimal or no support.
Challenges Facing Older Adults Due to the Opioid Epidemic
This webinar (1:14:44 minutes) presented by Ann M. Olin discusses the many challenges older adults are facing due to the opioid epidemic, their own addiction, their adult children’s addiction, and not being prescribed medications when most needed. She also provides an overview of Lifespan’s Geriatric Addictions Program. Finally, you will hear from an older adult patient about their experience with opioids and their journey to recovery.
Opioid Overdose Prevention-- Narcan Training
This webinar (57:41 minutes) presented by Charlotte Crawford discusses how to prevent opioid overdose in older adults in addition to providing narcan training. By the end of this webinar, learners should be able to: (1) recognize two primary signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose; (2) list the steps in properly administering Narcan; and (3) state two reasons the individual experiencing the overdose should be transported to the hospital for further care.
Source: Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center (FLGEC), 2021
Maximizing Quality of Life across the Cognitive Continuum
This presentation (58:50 minutes) by Susan McCurry discusses how to maximize the quality of life across the cognitive continuum of care for older adults.
Managing the Financial Impacts of Caregiving
This presentation (59:20 minutes) by Amy Goyer discusses how to manage the financial impacts of caregiving.
Resources
This website provides a variety of resources created by the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation. The Center’s mission is to bring the consumer experience to the forefront of health innovation in order to deliver better care, better value and better health for every community, particularly vulnerable and historically underserved populations.provides a variety of resources for individuals to review. Resources include blog posts, publications, comment letters, and news clips.
Chronic Disease Management Solutions to Positively Impact Risk-- Panel Discussion
In this presentation (52:13 minutes), a panel of health professionals including Catherine Carrico, Jeff Grant, Hali Harrison, and Maggie Kougle, discuss how to manage chronic diseases and solutions to positively impact individuals' risk for these diseases.
Caregiving for an Aging Pet Owner: A Guide for Professionals
This infographic explores the challenges, benefits, opportunities, and concerns of caregivers caring for pet owners.
Pet Ownership and Aging: A Guide for Professionals
This infographic explores the challenges, benefits, opportunities, and concerns of client pet ownership encountered by professionals.