What To Know and Do After a Diagnosis
This handout from ACT on Alzheimer's provides action steps and tips for older adults and their faily members after a diagnosis of Alzheimer's diesase or dementia is made. Includes support and links to resources.
Source: ACT on Alzheimer's, 2018.
https://actonalz.org/
Conversation Guide for Patients and Caregivers for Identifying Their Health Priorities
This workbook for patients and caregivers is designed to make sure that their health care lines up with their priorities. The workbook helps the user to identify what is most important in their life, their health goals, and their health care preferences. Example scenarios and conversation tips are provided.
Source: Patient Priorities Care, 2018.
https://patientprioritiescare.org/
MY STORY form
MY STORY is a form that was developed by the Assisted Living Program of the Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities to help families document personalized information about the needs and preferences of their loved one. Whether they live in an assisted living facility, nursing home, with a family caregiver, or in their own home, this form may follow a loved one to doctor’s appointments, hospital visits, and rehabilitation stays. An instructional video and guide for completing the form are available on the web page.
Grief and Loss
This web page from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization provides an overview of dealing with grief and loss. Through different sections and videos, this web page discusses grief support and helpful resources as well as describing the grief experience.
Top 10 Healthy New Year's Resolutions for Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation discusses the top ten recommended healthy New Year's resolutions for the older adult population. Each resolution includes recommendations for how to carry it out.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2020.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-top-10-healthy-new-years-resolutions-older-adults
Tips for Managing Complications of Diabetes in Later Life
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation discusses common complications older adults with diabetes may encounter. For each complication discussed, it describes what one should do if they experience it.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2020.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-managing-complications-diabetes-later-life
Winter Safety Tips for Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation discusses various health problems and injuries that older adults may encounter during the winter months. It also discusses precautions to take to avoid the health problem or possible injury.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-winter-safety-older-adults
Learn More: Alternatives For Medications Listed in The AGS Beers Criteria® For Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation answers questions that older adults may have regarding medications on the AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use. It also discusses key points to remember when understanding the AGS Beers Criteria.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2023.
What Older Adults Need to Know about Retail Clinics
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation answers questions older adults may have regarding retail clinics such as what can retail clinics do and how good is the care at these retail clinics. It also discusses "do's" and "do not's" for when to use a retail clinic.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-what-older-adults-need-know-about-retail-clinics
Walking Tips for Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides tips for older adults to help them get walking. It also discusses three tips for safe walking in older adults.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2023.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-walking-older-adults