Case Study: Mrs. Booker
This case study on fall preventiondepicts the STEADI approach with a low-risk patient who has come in for a wellness check. The case study illustrates the assessment, identification of risk factors, and fall prevention recommendations.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/
Evaluation of the Older Patient
This video presentation (48:13 min) given by Dr. Bruce E. Robinson discusses various opportunities for healthcare professionals to improve the efficiency of comprehensive evaluations of older adult patients. He also reviews the role of comprehensive assessments in developing clinical expectations. Finally, he ends his presentation by discussing the role of the clinicial in facilitating good choices for care of older adults.
Source: University of Southern Florida GWEP, 2016.
https://health.usf.edu/gwep
Keeping Granny Safe on July 1: A Consensus on Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for Graduating Medical Students
This set of competencies is designed for graduating medical students, and acts as minimum set of geriatric competency standards for first-year residents. The competencies are based on accepted standards of evidence-based geriatric care and contain the following domains: medication management; self-care capacity; falls, balance and gait disorders; hospital care for elders; cognitive and behavioral disorders; atypical presentation of disease; health care planning and promotion; and palliative care.
Pet Loss Suggested Reading List
Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center offers an extensive reading list for patient families regarding pet loss, ranging from end-of-life decisions, coping with the death of a pet and heping children cope with and deal with the loss of a pet.
Clinical Provider Practice Tool: National Version
This practice tool from ACT on Alzheimer's provides clinicians a streamlined protocol for managing cognitive impairment and guiding decisions for screening, diagnosis, and disease management. This tool incorporates current best practices for efficient and appropriate dementia care, and includes links to resources. This tool can be used nationally.
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.