Learn More: Alternatives For Medications Listed in The AGS Beers Criteria® For Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation answers questions that older adults may have regarding medications on the AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use. It also discusses key points to remember when understanding the AGS Beers Criteria.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2023.
What Older Adults Need to Know about Retail Clinics
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation answers questions older adults may have regarding retail clinics such as what can retail clinics do and how good is the care at these retail clinics. It also discusses "do's" and "do not's" for when to use a retail clinic.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-what-older-adults-need-know-about-retail-clinics
Walking Tips for Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides tips for older adults to help them get walking. It also discusses three tips for safe walking in older adults.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2023.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-walking-older-adults
Top Tips for Discussing When it's Time to Stop Driving
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation discusses specific situations that may indicate possible driving problems in older adults as they age. If an older adult experiences any of the driving problems discussed, then they are to follow and consider the steps as provided by the tip sheet.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-discussing-when-its-time-stop-driving
Tips for the Long-Distance Caregiver
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides a checklist for long-distance caregivers to review to help them through the process.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-long-distance-caregiving
Approaching Memory Loss Concerns
This web page from the Alzheimer's Association aims to help family and friends of someone with memory changes to feel more confident in assessing the situation and taking action. The web page includes downloadable/printable note-taking guides for those who have noticed changes in themselves and those who have noticed changes in others. The guides provide example conversation prompts and resources for taking action. Both guides are available in English and Spanish. Links to relevant resources are included.
Source: Alzheimer's Association.
10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's
This web page from the Alzheimer's Association describes ten early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and compares them to typical age-related memory changes. Advice and resources are provided if an individual notices these signs. Information on current treatments and clinical trials is also included. Checklists can be downloaded on the doctor's appointment, 10 warning signs worksheet, and 10 steps to approach memory concerns. The page can be translated into Spanish.
Source: Alzheimer's Association.
Family-Centered Communication Strategies in Family Caregiving
This teaching strategy from the National League of Nursing's Advancing Care Excellence for Caregivers series emphasizes the importance of family-centered care and focuses on effective family-centered communication strategies designed to improve outcomes and promote well-being for older adults and their family caregivers. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities including a case study, and suggested readings are included. Files are downloadable/printable.
Source: National League for Nursing (NLN), 2019.
Technology Support for Caregivers of Older Adults: Exploring Gerontechnology and Health Policy/Research Implications
This teaching strategy introduces students to a new interprofessional field of study called gerontechnology, which concerns the matching of technological environments to health, housing, mobility, communication, and the leisure and work of older adults. The learning activities in this strategy can be used for undergraduate or graduate students, separately or together.
AGS Geriatrics Virtual Patient Cases for Surgical and Related Medical Subspecialty Care of Older Adults
The AGS Geriatrics Virtual Patient Cases for Surgical and Related Medical Subspecialty Care of Older Adults include 10 cases focused on the geriatric aspects of surgical and related medical subspecialty care of older adults, developed to help clinicians gain a better understanding of the common challenges that can arise in this population. The cases use multimedia and realistically presented clinical tasks to pose key challenges in caring for older patients, providing feedback and education applicable across specialties in the delivery of high-quality care to older adults.