My 4Ms Worksheet
Age-Friendly Care, PA is a collaboration between the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and the Primary Health Network.
Age-Friendly Care, PA has developed an easy-to-use tool for healthcare providers to share with their older adult patients and caregivers. The My 4Ms Worksheet is intended to help older adults organize and focus their health goals and care preferences, while clarifying the essential elements that can guide care from the healthcare team.
Age-Friendly Care, PA Online Learning Modules for Older Adults and Caregivers
Age-Friendly Care, PA is a collaboration between the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and the Primary Health Network.
Age-Friendly Care, PA Online Learning Modules for Healthcare Professionals
Age-Friendly Care, PA is a collaborative between the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and the Primary Health Network.
Roles in Long-Term Services and Supports- Free Modules
Learn more about the long-term care and end-of-life industries from those who work in them. Presenters describe typical work responsibilities, discuss important qualifications and characteristics of successful employees, and give tips on where to learn more or get started. Workers share what they love about their jobs as well as its challenges, while care beneficiaries share why their care team means so much to them!
Age-Friendly LTSS ECHO
The Age-Friendly Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) ECHO ModelTM (formerly the Learning Community Series) builds on the prior UGEC Learning Community, connecting community providers in collaborative learning with specialists through live video conferencing via Zoom. The ECHO model includes case-based learning and mentorship to help interprofessional teams gain the expertise required to provide needed care and/or services. Sessions will begin with introductions, followed by a 15-20 minute didactic, 1 or 2 case presentation(s) and a discussion.
Connecting Care Through Telehealth: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Telehealth Course
Connecting Care Through Telehealth is an online course designed to inform and improve best practices when using telehealth and virtual services in LTSS settings. Informed by the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms framework, content is tailored for providers and care-teams, residents/patients, and families and caregivers within nursing homes, assisted living communities, and home health and hospice organizations. This course is hosted on the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center's (NRTRC) website, and consists of five modules:
Frailty Science: Promoting Resilience and Healthy Aging
Developed by the Information Dissemination Core of the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center, FrailtyScience.org is a state-of-the-art online resource for clinicians and researchers that focuses on the science of frailty and resiliency, and how it may impact the health and wellness of older adults. The overall goal is to improve the understanding of how frailty develops, how to best assess it, and how to best treat and prevent frailty-related decline.
Opioid Use in the Elderly
This presentation (15:57 minutes) given by Dr. S. Kaja discusses opioid use in the elderly. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) understand the management of chronic pain; (2) appreciate the scope of the opioid epidemic; (3) discuss unique challenges faced by elderly patients; and (4) understand the changing regulatory and prescribing guidelines for opioid use.
Family Involvement in Dementia Care
Family Involvement in Dementia Care helps family members like you work together with healthcare providers in order to provide the best possible care for your loved one with dementia. Videos, family interviews, hand-outs and break-out discussions teach you how to work as partners with staff in both community and long-term care settings.
Better Together: Partnering with Families
Isolating patients at their most vulnerable time from the people who know them best places them at risk for medical error, emotional harm, inconsistencies in care, lack of preparedness for the transitions of care, and unnecessary costs. Yet in many hospitals and health systems, outdated visiting policies still separate families and other loved ones during hospital stays.