Health Literacy
This handout reviews the importance of limited health literacy for older adults. It also provides recommendations for universal health literacy precautions. Links to helpful resources for health literacy are provided.
Geriatric Evaluation
This handout discusses the importance of a geriatric assessment along with the different components included in the assessment. Links to various resources and tools that can be used for the assessment are provided.
Frailty in Patients Undergoing Elective and Emergency Surgery
This handout discusses the importance of including frailty in the pre-operative assessment of older adults before undergoing an elective or emergency surgery. It also includes a table describing the different instruments used to assess frailty.
Frailty – Elders At Risk
This handout discusses the topic of frailty in elders. It provides a definition, assessment, and scoring system to assess frailty in older adults.
Falls: Assessing and Intervening in Fall Risk in Older Adults
This handout reviews various approaches to screening for fall risk and the prevention of falls in older adults. It also provides different interventions to reduce fall risk. along with links to fall resources for patients.
Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Perceptions in End-of-Life Issues
This handout compares the perceptions of end-of-life issues within four different groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. Tips for supporting ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse patients and families at the end of life.
Preventing Falls Among Older Adults Pocket Guide
This pocket guide provides an algorith for fall risk screening, assessment, and intervention among community-dwelling adults 65 years and older. It provides step-by-step instructions for caregivers to follow.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019.
https://www.cdc.gov/
The Essentials of Preventing Falls in the Older Adult
This slides presentation provides information on the epidemiology of falls, an approach for fall risk screening and post-fall assessment, and interventions to reduce fall risk in older adults.
Source: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2015.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/
End of Life
This NIA resource provides an overview of the issues and decsions to be made by people caring for someone at the end-of-life. It provides information on topics such as palliative care hospice, and how to deal with grief.
Source: National Institute on Aging (NIA), 2020.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/
Communication Tips for Dementia Friendly Communities
This video (7:18 minutes) discusses ten tips for communicating clearly and respectfully with people with dementia or cognitive impairment. With each tip, a demonstration of the tip being used in common situations is provided.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Aging Research and Education, 2023.
https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/dementia-friendly-toolkit/