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.
“Road to Empathy”: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Trainee Experiences on a Mobile Health Clinic
Introduction. Mobile health clinics often deliver care in medically underserved communities and train student volunteers to support service delivery, but little is known about how these clinics affect trainees. Methods. We conducted a qualitative analysis of over 100 trainees' experiences volunteering with a mobile health clinic, to explore the training experience's impact on personal and professional development. Results. Volunteers' training experiences involved learning how to deliver compassionate, non-judgmental health care.
What are the 5C's of an Age-Friendly Public Health System?
This document created by the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems discusses what the 5C's of an Age-Friendly Public Health System are: connecting and convening, coordinating, collecting and disseminating data, communicating, complementing and supplementing. Each of the 5C's include a brief description of what they are and how to implement them. This document also includes 5C summaries and examples from the Florida Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Initiative with a summary of each county's implementation of the 5C's.
Caring for Older Adults during COVID-19: Assessment and Management via Telehealth
The UCSF Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program is empowering Northern California to meet the needs facing older adults. This free CME telehealth module series for providers is comprised of short 10-15 minute educational videos for busy learners. Learners can decide which modules are of interest and 'earn as they learn' or accrue CME credits with each module completed.
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.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19: Predictors and Outcomes
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 and how it pertains to their respective profession.
Opioid Tapering
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with current information on opioid tapering. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals. By the end of this activity, learners should be able to: (1) Identify evidence-based practices for tapering opioids in patients using chronically; (2) Discuss cases of opioid tapering; and (3) Describe currently available tools tailored to help the busy clinician with opioid tapering.
Mobility Matters: Essentials of Age-Friendly Healthcare 4Ms Framework
This presentation (17:37 minutes) given by Denise Pryor Kruszynski, Family Nurse Practitioner and clinical trainer for the age-friendly health system, discusses how mobility fits into the age-friendly healthcare 4Ms framework. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) give an overview of the age-friendly health system; (2) explain the 4M's framework; and (3) understand why optimizing mobility is integral to the establishment of the age-friendly health system.
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.
Dementia Prevention and Brain Health
This podcast (16:46 minutes) hosted by Nicole Cook features guest speaker, Raymond Ownby, and they discuss dementia prevention and brain health in older adults.