Mobility
This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care Program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) what mobility means; (2) the benefits of an active life for older adults; (3) problems that happen when adults can no longer move freely; and (4) ways to avoid falls and injuries.
Medication
This educational module is designed byCollaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) as part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care Program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) why older adults are at greater risk for medication-related harms; (2) why older adults who take more than five medications per day need to be particularly careful; (3) medications that are highest risk for older adults; and (4) how to reduce medication-related harm.
Depression
This educational module is designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) symptoms of different kinds of depression; (2) how common depression is; (3) risks for depression and suicide; and (4) treatment options for depression in older adults.
Dementia
This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care Program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) what dementia is; (2) how dementia is different than just "getting older"; (3) how the brain works; (4) the kinds of memory problems people with dementia have; and (5) how to talk with someone who has dementia.
Delirium
This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of their 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care program. By the end of this module, learners will understand: (1) what delirium is; (2) three types of delirium; (3) how delirium may look different in older versus younger adults; and (4) how to prevent and manage delirium.
Caregiving
This educational module designed by Collaborative Action Team Training for Community Health-Older Adult Network (CATCH-ON) is part of the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Care program. By the end of this module, learners will know: (1) the importance of choosing the appropriate family caregiver; (2) how health care providers and older adults and their caregivers can best communicate with each other; (3) the challenges and positive aspects of caregiving; and (4) how to support family caregivers.
Health Equity and Aging: the Past, Present and Future
This presentation (54:20 min) is given by Dr. Roland Thorpe, Professor of Health Behavior, and Society, Director of the Program for Research on Men's Health, and Deputy Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Thorpe discusses health equity and aging in the past, present, and future. He also discusses approaches to advance health equity and aging in older adults. (Presentation begins at 3:46 minutes).
Suicide in Older Adults
This website designed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center discusses suicide prevention in the older adult population. It describes the risk and protective factors in this population. Resource links to fact sheets and toolkits for promoting psychological health, reducing loneliness and social isolation as well as suicide preventionfor senior centers and senior living communities are provided.
Medication Management: Low Tech
This video (4:04 min) created by Memory Care Home Solutions provides low cost and low tech options for medication management in patients with dementia and memory loss.
Caregiver Training: Refusal to Bathe
This video (4:28 min) created by UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care provides caregivers with tips on how to assist an individual who is refusing to bathe. Simulated situations are provided that demonstrates how to encourage undressing and bathing.