Video Tutorials
These ACT on Alzheimer's screening, assessment, diagnosis, and care coordination videos may be useful for care providers of clients who have memory concerns. Using clinical settings and real clients, these videos include an introduction to cognitive screening; administering the Mini-Cog, SLUMS, and MoCA assessments; delivering an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis; and discussing post-diagnostic care coordination strategies.
Good Health In Later Life For Older Men
This tip sheet created by Health in Aging provides a variety of tips on how to maintain and improve health in older men. It also provides a list of assessments and screening tests that can be completed to help diagnose certain health problems earlier. (A PDF version is available for download).
The "D" Word
The ‘D’ Word is the UK’s only dementia based radio show. Talking to experts and people living with dementia presenter Pete Hill aims to raise the profile of the condition that affects 50 million across the globe.
Source: UK Health Radio, 2022
https://ukhealthradio.com/blog/program/the-d-word/#
Healing Ties 2.0 Podcast
How do we care for our family, friends, and the strangers we meet? How do we care for the community we live in? How do we heal the physical, social, financial, and spiritual aspects of our life and the lives of those around us? This podcast hosted by Christopher MacLellan, guests reveal how they are creating healing ties in their community through their words, actions, and deeds.
Source: The Whole Care Network, 2022
Caregiver Storyteller
Caregiver/Storyteller is a storytelling podcast about Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving. Every caregiver has a story to tell. Chris Doucette interviews caregivers to learn how they became caregivers, the ups and downs of their journey, and how they’ve changed as a result. Other podcasts teach. Through confessional storytelling, Caregiver/Storyteller helps listeners understand the first-person reality of what caregiving is actually like. While all caregiving stories convey a sense of loss, there is also a surprising amount of fortitude, loyalty, gratitude, joy, and humor.
This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World Podcast Series Overview
This podcast series and blog, hosted by nurse/nurse practitioner Melissa Batchelor, PhD, offers infomation on a wide range of topics including alzheimer's dementia, care for aging transgender people, diet and lifestyle, age-friendly technology, information for care-givers, policy and public health, and ageism. This epsiode gives an overview of this podcast series.
Source: Melissa B PhD, 2020
https://melissabphd.com/podcast-blog/
This is Growing Old
The Alliance for Aging Research has encountered hundreds of inspiring people in its quest to promote healthy aging, and we want you to meet them! Join the Alliance as we interview these changemakers in our podcast, This is Growing Old.
Source: Alliance for Aging Research, 2022
https://www.agingresearch.org/resources/podcast/
Two Dozen Curated Articles to Shape Primary Care Policy and Practice
The Primary Care Collaborative has assembled a set of 24 primary care health services research (HSR) and primary care patient-centered outcomes research/comparative effectiveness research (clinical) articles through the work of a Research Dissemination Workgroup (RDWG) and research partner, the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG). The PCC selected 12 clinical and 12 health services research articles for the final list. The goal is to inform and shape the thinking of practice and policy leaders with respect to primary care clinical and health services research.
NCHWA Nursing Workforce Dashboard
NCHWA’s Nursing Workforce Dashboard visualizes data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), which includes detailed information on the nursing workforce in the United States. Use this tool to: view data on the nursing workforce landscape, including demographics, employment, and education for RNs, NPs, and APRNs; analyze results for specific subsets of the data using filters by location, license type, and employment status; and access over 100,000 unique data points from the NSSRN.
Source: Health Resources and Service Administration, 2022
Dementia Untangled Podcast
This podcast aims to offer expert guidance and support for the millions of family caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients. The episodes are produced by Banner Alzheimer's Institute and Banner Sun Health Research Institute, which are designated Centers of Excellence by Banner Health for the care, support and research of memory disorders.
Source: Banner Health, 2022