Changes with Aging
This handout discusses common changes that occur with aging that are not caused by illnesses. Each change listed has a description regarding what those changes look like in older adults.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
https://aging.arizona.edu/education-training/care-partner-information-sheets
Depression in Alzheimer's Disease
This handout describes the signs of depression in older adult patients with Alzheimer's disease. It also discusses how to help people with this depression.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
https://aging.arizona.edu/education-training/care-partner-information-sheets
Making the Most of a Doctor Visit
This handout provides tips on what to bring and what to ask at a doctor visit.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
https://aging.arizona.edu/education-training/care-partner-information-sheets
Geriatric Pharmacy Curriculum Guide
This curriculum guide is designed to prepare pharmacy students and pharmacists with the education needed to care for older adults. This third edition of the guide links foundational geriatric principles of care necessary for pharmacy students with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy CAPE (Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education) Outcomes and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education’s Accreditation Standards and Guidelines.
Source: American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, 2021.
Conversations in IPE: Virtual Simulations with Standardized Patients (SPs)
Join the Texas IPE Consortium as we continue to look for opportunities to advance IPE through this pandemic period.
Registration Link: https://app4.ttuhsc.edu/TexasIPEConsortium/content/Events.aspx
Honoring Last Wishes in Persons with Dementia
This handout reviews the different documents and conversations to have with caregivers and families early in a dementia diagnosis. It also discusses the various treatment choices for end-of-life care.
Source: Arizona Center on Aging, 2025
https://aging.arizona.edu/education-training/care-partner-information-sheets
Understanding Dementia for Dementia Friendly Communities
This video (8:31 minutes) explains what dementia is and reviews how dementia can affect the brain along with risk factors that cause an impact on families and communities of dementia patients.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Aging Research and Education, 2023.
https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/dementia-friendly-toolkit/
Pneumonia in Nursing Home Patients
This handout discusses the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of nursing home acquired pneumonia. It summarizes drug treatmentt for pneumonia in patients in the nursing home and those who become hospitalized.
Physical Exercise Guidelines for Older Adults
This handout discusses the health benefits of exercise and provides exercise recommendations for older adults. It describes common exercise-related injuries in older adults, and medications that are linked to exercise complications.
Parkinson's Disease
This handout discusses the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of Parkinson's Disease, including medical and surgical therapies. It describes complications that can occur, and outlines treatment options for non-motor symptoms of Parksinson's disease.