CATCH-ON Basics and 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System for Healthcare Professionals and Students
Evidence-based education that helps clinicians improve care.
Online modules: Available to all health professionals and community-based organizations, these modules developed by CATCH-ON educate about normal aging, managing multiple chronic conditions, dementia and working with interprofessional geriatric health care teams as well as the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility). A version of these modules, aimed at older adults and their families, is available in English and Spanish.
Building and Sustaining Effective Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults: Strategies and Considerations
The toolkit highlights key engagement and sustainability strategies that will help advance efforts to improve behavioral health outcomes among older adults.
Utilizing Cross-Sector Partnerships to Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities in Older Adults
This toolkit describes the landscape of resources that influence older adults and their behavioral health needs and to provide meaningful guidance for partnering across sectors to improve outcomes for diverse older adults.
Older Adult Issues for 988 and Crisis Call Centers
The introduction of the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline allows for a number that is easy to remember and easy to dial. As such, it is expected that calls will continue to increase, including calls by older adults and their family caregivers.
Thus, call center staff must be prepared to understand and meet the needs of older adult callers.
Modules available online:
Foundational Competencies in Older Adult Mental Health Certificate Program (Online)
The growing population of older adults presents a unique opportunity for mental health professionals to expand clinical practice and experience deeply meaningful clinical work.
Memory problems with your elder- တၢ်ဂ့ၢ်ကီဘၣ်ဃးဒီးသူၣ်က့သးပှၢ်တၢ်တိၢ်နီၢ်ဖံးဃာ်
Module 3 of our 3 Module Karen dementia education series. In this 14:02 minute video, Paw Bway Htoo gives an information on how to communicate memory issues with your docotor in Karen with the purpose of educating families and caregivers.
Dementia: Mood and Behavior (Dementia: တၢ်ပာ်သူၣ်ပာ်သး ဒီး တၢ်ဒီသူၣ်ဒီသး)
Module 2 of our 3 Module Karen dementia education series, in partnership with the Karen society of Nebraska and the Nebraska GWEP. In this 16:11 minute video, Iris Moo gives tips and tricks for caring for a loved one with dementa in Karen with the purpose of educating families and caregivers.
What is Dementia- Dementia မ့ၢ်တၢ်မနုၤလဲၣ်
Module 1 of our 3 Module Karen dementia education series. In this 7:23 minute video, December Faith gives an overview of dementia in Karen with the purpose of educating families and caregivers.
Care at the Intersection: A Case Study
As of 2021, roughly .05% of those aged 65 and over in the U.S. identify as transgender (Beehuspoteea & Badrakalimuthu, 2021) and that number is expected to grow (Baril, & Silverman, 2022). While there is some research addressing LGBTQ+ aging and many studies covering dementia, there are scarce resources at the intersection of dementia and LGBTQ+ aging. This case study seeks to close that gap and address some of the unique needs and circumstances of trans elders with dementia.
