4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care: Caregiving
This learning module discusses the important role that family caregivers plays in the care of older adults. By the end of the module, learners should be able to: (1) the importance of choosing the appropriate family caregivers; (2) how health care providers and older adults and their caregivers can best communicate with each other; (3) the challenges and positive aspects of caregiving; and (4) how to support family caregivers.
Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
Community Services for the Older Adult: Access and Payment Systems
While most people prefer to live their final years in the familiar setting of their homes with their families and in their communities, most of the state and federal funding has been directed to caring for people in institutions. Participate in this module to learn the types of home and community based services available through federal and state programs. This module will enable you to assist older adults and their families in accessing those programs locally.
What Matters
This toolkit authored by Edward Ratner contains resources for teaching learners how to obtain information from older patients and their family or other caregivers that aligns with their specific health outcome goals and care preference. These resources provide content related to the "What Matters" concept in the 4Ms framework of an Age-Friendly Health System. It contains introductory material appropriate for undergraduate and graduate level learners. This toolkit contains two components: a Learner Module and a compendium of Teaching and Learning Resources.
Effective Medication Self-Management
This toolkit was authored by Brian J. Isetts in collaboration with Kristine Talley and supported by colleagues of the Interprofessional Geriatrics Coordinating Council. It contains resources for teaching older persons and family caregivers how to conduct a medication self-management assessment. It also contains introductory material appropriate for undegraduate and graduate level learners, and is intended to help older persons confidently manage their medications. The toolkit has two components: a learner module and compendium of teaching and learning resources.
Dementia: Patient-Centered Dementia Care- Understanding Patient and Caregiver Experiences
In 2017, over 5 million Americans aged 65 and older had dementia, a progressive and irreversible condition leading to loss of functions such as thinking, memory and reasoning, at times severe enough to interfere with daily life. By 2050, the number of persons living with Dementia is expected to triple. With an increase in the aging population, there is a critical need to understand dementia and identify appropriate assessment and management strategies to address the needs of persons with dementia and support their caregivers and families.
Suicide in Late Life
This presentation (29:43 minutes) given by Cathy Hoover discusses suicide in older adults. She reviews risks and protective factors of suicide risk as well as strategies to prevent suicide later in life.
Source: Wyoming Center on Aging, 2022
http://www.uwyo.edu/wycoa/resources_on_aging/online-education/mental-health-and-aging.html
Compassion, Not Control: Session 3 of the Dementia Reconsidered Series
This presentation (1:34:32 minutes) given by Susan Wehry, University of New England, makes the case for a client-centered approach to shared and supported decision-making that optimizes the client's (and family's) abilities and improves quality of life outcomes for persons living with disabilities, including dementia. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) know thyself; (2) distinguish capacity and competency; and (3) use knowledge and tools in service of adult people living with dementia.
Improving the Health of Rural Communities Through Academic-Community Partnerships and Interprofessional Health Care and Training Models
Academic Medicine Invited Commentary by National Center Founding Director Barbara Brandt and colleagues:
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The effects of an IPS-based IPE program on interprofessional socialization and dual identity development
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of an interprofessional socialization (IPS) based interprofessional education (IPE) program intervention on health professions students’ IPS process and dual identity development. Despite the growing acknowledgment of IPS in recent literature, there is a paucity of research investigating socialization processes learners move through in order to develop dual identity – professional and interprofessional. A concurrent embedded mixed-method design was used.
Guidance on Global Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Research: Discussion Paper
This Discussion Paper aims to provide guidance on IPECP research. We provide a perspective of the current situation and the needs in IPECP research around the globe, make recommendations for research teams to advance IPECP theory-informed research, and invite collaborators to join us in this initiative. The appendix provides a proposed lexicon for the interprofessional field based on the current interprofessional literature.