Pet Ownership and Aging: A Guide for Professionals
This infographic explores the challenges, benefits, opportunities, and concerns of client pet ownership encountered by professionals.
Geriatrics in a Multicultural Society
This presentation (21:26 minutes) by Vincent F. Guida discusses Geriatrics in a multicultural society from a patient, clinician, and culture of medicine perspective. Topics of the presentation include: (1) the scope of multiculturalism; (2) tools, strategies, and action plans to deal with multiculturalism and to make care more effective; and (3) care of geriatric sexual minorities. Slides are available for download.
Source: South Florida Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (SFGWEP), 2021
Nexus Summit 2022 Seminar Showcase: Redesigning the Box: A Self-Study Tool to Enhance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Interprofessional Programming and Initiatives
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Grand Rounds: Social Justice and Equity for Vulnerable Elders
In this Grand Rounds, faculty from the UCSF Division of Geriatrics discusss four groups of elders who experience health disparities and disproportionately include minority elders: older adults in prisons, homeless older veterans, nursing home veterans with mental illness and dementia, and older adults living with HIV. The focus is on what is being done to help these groups and next steps for social justice and equitable systems to improve the lives of older persons in these groups.
Source: UCSF Division of Geriatrics, 2020
Geriatrics--Moving Forward with 2020 Vision
This presentation (59:06 minutes) by Dr. Lisa M. Walke discusses the future of geriatrics practice while reviewing practices developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) detail how the scope of care provided by geriatricians to older adults has expanded since COVID-19; (2) describe efforts to address disparities highlighted by COVID-19 and the ongoing racial justice movement; and (3) focus on ways geriatricians can remain fully engaged beyond 2020.
Source: UCSF Division of Geriatrics, 2020
Rethinking Nursing Home Care: The OPTIMISTIC Project and Beyond...Surviving COVID in the Nursing Home Setting
This presentation (59:00 minutes) by Dr. Kathleen Unroe discusses how nursing home care has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic and the future movements of this type of care. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) review challenges and research opportunities in the nursing home setting - call to action; (2) highlight COVID-19 impacts on nursing home care; and (3) describe the OPTIMISTIC clinical care model.
Source: UCSF Division of Geriatrics, 2020
Healthy Aging
This video (8:07 minutes) by Xavier Walker discusses ways to bring healthy aging into a clinic. Topics of the video include: (1) What is healthy aging?; (2) having purpose and meaning; (3) eat, move, sleep; (4) socializing; (5) optimize annual wellness visit; (6) leverage community resources; and (7) bring healthy aging into the clinic.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Aligning Towards Action in Social Determinants of Health Research: The Neighborhood Atlas
This presentation (59:54 minutes) by Amy Kind discusses the social determinants of health with regards to aging neighborhoods. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) embrace implementation science principles whenever possible, allowing research to more rapidly translate to broad action; (2) understand socioeconomic factors are complex and should be measured and applied with a clear understanding of health disparities theory; and (3) understand open science, data democratization should be embraced as key steps towards realizing solutions.
Geriatrics Cultural Navigator
The key concepts included in the Cultural Navigator include factors that health care providers should reflect upon to provide culturally competent care to their older adult patients. As the population of older adults becomes more diverse, it is important for clinicians to understand the subtle, but very significant, ways in which race, ethnicity, and religious background can influence perceptions of health and illness, as well as impact the development of a provider-patient therapeutic alliance.
The Health Effects of Loneliness and Social Isolation: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
This presentation (1:00:11 minutes) by Ashwin Kotwal discusses the lessons we have learned through the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the specific health effects of loneliness and social isolation on older adults.