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Global report on ageism
The WHO Global Report on Ageism outlines a framework for action to reduce ageism including specific recommendations for different actors (e.g. government, UN agencies, civil society organizations, private sector). It brings together the best available evidence on the nature and magnitude of ageism, its determinants and its impact. It outlines what strategies work to prevent and counter ageism, identifies gaps and proposes future lines of research to improve our understanding of ageism.
Does restructuring theory and clinical courses better prepare nursing students to manage residents with challenging behaviors in long-term care settings?
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes a study which explored whether enhancing and restructuring theoretical and clinical courses resulted in student nurses feeling better prepared to manage residents’ challenging behaviors and improve their levels of distress. The findings of this study indicated that students who felt less prepared experienced greater distress by residents’ behaviors than those who felt better prepared.
An innovative educational clinical experience promoting geriatric exercise
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes how formal educational training in physical activity promotion is relatively sparse throughout the medical education system. The authors describe an innovative clinical experience in physical activity directed at medical clinicians on a geriatrics rotation. The experience consists of a single 2 1/2 hour session, in which learners are partnered with geriatric patients engaged in a formal supervised exercise program. The learners are guided through an evidence-based exercise regimen tailored to functional status.
Students report more positive attitudes toward older adults following an interprofessional service-learning course
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education discusses a study which was aimed to assess undergraduate students’ perceptions of older adults over the semester in an interprofessional service-learning course that implemented a health promotion program called Bingocize® at community facilities for older adults. Students were surveyed at the beginning of the semester, at midterm, and at the conclusion of the course. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to assess the students’ perceptions and experiences.
Introducing students to healthy aging within their own communities: An online applied research experience
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education discusses how engaging gerontology students in research that hits “close-to-home” can have lasting benefits for them and their communities both professionally and personally. Since 2016, cohorts of undergraduate/certificate students in an online applied research in aging course have explored healthy aging in their Massachusetts’ (MA) communities.
Posthospital home visit as teaching tool for internal medicine residents
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education discusses a curriculum which provides internal medicine residents with the opportunity to evaluate patients in their homes after they were discharged from the hospital to assess the alignment of the discharge plan with patients’ real-life circumstances. The study found that by visiting patients’ homes, medical residents were able to better assess patient needs, which highlighted the necessity for more individualized discharge plans with regard to in-home functioning, communication with caregivers, and medication reconciliation.
Developing a program to increase geropsychology competencies of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) psychologists
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes how health policy experts called for increasing geriatric mental health competencies for all mental health providers, including within Veterans Health Administration (VHA), to address the alarming supply and demand gap for geropsychology expertise within the United States. The VHA Geriatrics Scholar Program (GSP) Psychology Track was developed because there were no commercially available trainings in geropsychology for licensed psychologists.
Improving family medicine resident training in dementia care: An experiential learning opportunity in Primary Care Collaborative Memory Clinics
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes the curriculum for a resident training intervention in Primary Care Collaborative Memory Clinics (PCCMC), outlines its underlying educational principles, and examines its impact on residents’ ability to provide dementia care. PCCMCs are family physician-led interprofessional clinic teams that provide evidence-informed comprehensive assessment and management of memory concerns.
Advance care planning in medicare/medicaid-funded agencies: providing a training in cultural competence
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education presents a training that was developed for staff members at Medicare/Medicaid agencies to improve their knowledge and comfort levels in working on advance care planning (ACP) with their clients in a culturally competent manner. The training was developed to address the need to clarify the different types and purposes of ACP and to help develop the skills needed to work with clients of diverse cultural backgrounds.
Development and evolution of a two-day intensive resident experience in geriatric medicine
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education discusses the need to enhance medical education and training in Geriatric Medicine (GM) as the population of older adults increases. Faculty at two southeastern universities developed a Resident Award Summit, a two-day active learning experience, designed to expose family and internal medicine residents to GM principles and the various career options available in GM.