OHNEP Oral Health Case Study Resource Kit
The mouth is the gateway to the rest of the body. Millions of Americans, especially vulnerable populations such as the elderly, disabled, mentally ill, special needs populations, and those without dental insurance, confront barriers to receiving oral health care. Oral health care is essential to promoting positive overall health outcomes.
Managing a Dementia Behavior Crisis
This presentation (59:49 minutes) by Aida Wen discusses how to manage a dementia behavior crisis. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) know how to recognize delirium; (2) know how to recognize psychosis; (3) be able to describe behaviors accurately; (4) consider possible underlying causes; (5) assess for other triggers; (6) learn basic tools of crisis intervention; and (7) try helpful communication approaches. Slides are available for download. (Presentation starts at 7:20 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2021.
Detection and Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment
In this presentation (56:29 minutes), Michelle Sorweid discusses how to detect and evaluate cognitive impairment. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) discuss the importance of early detection; (2) learn appropriate means of cognitive assessment; and (3) the etiology of cognitive disorders. Her presentation slides are available to download and includes the topic of Aducanumab but is not discussed in her lecture. A case care presentation is also included and is given by Celia Pena. Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Evaluating Memory Changes
This learning module focuses on evaluating memory changes. This course will help you to: (1) identify common memory changes that occur before families receive a dementia diagnosis; (2) understand the process of getting a dementia diagnosis from a healthcare team; and (3) identify resources for addressing a family member's ongoing care-related needs. A list of resources is available for download. The module is also available in Spanish.
Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
Communication Among Patients and Practitioners: Enhancing Adherence and Safety
More than one-third of U.S. patients are health illiterate and older adult health literacy levels are lower than younger adults. Lower health literacy is related to low patient adherence, poor health quality and outcomes, reduced patient safety, and higher rates of disease and mortality. Participate in this module to learn about health literacy disparities across populations and to develop strategies to address poor health literacy.
Nutrition for the Older Adult
Over the past 50 years, the understanding of the impact of nutrition on health has become increasingly important, facilitating a growing interest in the relationships between aging and nutrition. Participate in this module to better understand the unique nutritional needs of the older adult and recognize that undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are common among older adults but are not a normal part of aging.
Geriatric Gynecology: Urinary Incontinence
This presentation (51:57 minutes) by Aya Sultan discusses urinary incontinence in women. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) understand the basic types of urinary incontinence in women, especially the older woman; (2) identify and diagnose the common causes of urinary incontinence in the older woman; (3) offer different treatment recommendations for specific types of urinary incontinence; and (4) recognize when to refer the older woman with urinary incontinence. (Presentation starts at 4:00 minutes.)
The Nurse's Role in Transitional Care: Uncovering the Hidden Issues with Older Persons
This presentation (1:08:53 minutes) by Brenda Luther discusses a nurse's role in transition care with older adults. Topics that are covered include: (1) how a recently discharged patient looks; (2) roles of RNs in transitional care; (3) scope of transitional care; (4) protocols, requirements, biling, and coding in transitional care. Slides are available to download. Included in this presentation is a patient case given by Cherie Brunker. Part of the Age-Friendly ECHO series.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium
Promoting Healthy Hearing Over the Lifespan
This presentation (1:01:43 minutes), given by James W. Hall III, discusses promoting healthy hearing over the lifespan and until old age. Topics covered in this presentation are: (1) intersection of audiology and public health; (2) considering hearing related comorbid conditions is critical; (3) healthy living = healthy hearing; (4) diagnostic hearing assessment: enhancing sensitivity and specificity in detection of auditory dysfunction; and (5) practicing preventive audiology: multi-disciplinary strategy. (Presentation starts at 1:30 minutes.)
4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care: Depression
This learning module discusses depression. By the end of the module, learners should be able to know: (1) symptoms of different kinds of depression; (2) how common depression is; (3) risk for depression and suicide; and (4) treatment options for depression in older adults.
Source: CATCH-ON, 2022
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