Creative Caregiving Guide
The Creative Caregiving Guide© was created by the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA). The Guide is filled with short video lessons that guide users through hands-on learning experiences, from paintings, poetry, music, storytelling, to drama and dance exercises. It is a free, community-shared, web-based resource specially designed for family and professional caregivers of adults who live with Alzheimer’s disease and related cognitive disorders.
Source: Opening Minds through Art (OMA), 2023.
A Guide for Primary Care Providers-- Creating Caregiver Provider Relationships
This guide for primary care providers was developed by Christie North, MBA, and Debra L. Scammon, PhD, at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business based on a project funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The guide is intended for primary care physicians, especially physicians, nurse practitioner, and physician assistants, who serve older adult patients (65+ years). The guide provides strategies and tactics to strengthen the partnership between clinicians, patients, and family caregivers.
UGEC 2020 Retreat-- Age-Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms
This presentation (1:22:29 minutes) from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium's 2020 Retreat is given by Dr. Ellen Flaherty (Director of Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging) who discusses the topic of Age-Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms.
Dementia Support Group Toolkit
This toolkit, developed by the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, is designed for dementia support group facilitators who want to learn and grow in their practice. The Toolkit Project was developed based on insights gained from a dementia support group for adults with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. The toolkit includes information about support group facilitator skills, common themes expressed by people living with dementia and their family members, topics for encouraging discussions, and resources to share with support group members.
Dementia Friendly Toolkit
This toolkit webpage offered by the Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) at the UW-Madison School of Nursing includes materials and videos to build communication and advocacy skills to respectfully engage people living with dementia. Students, health care or other professional staff, family caregivers, local groups, or local businesses can use the materials or videos to learn more about dementia or share information with others in their workplace or community. Topics include role playing, communication tips, family caregiver tips, and more.
Interprofessional competencies of students in a geriatric case competition
This article describes a valuable activity to teach health professions students – the interprofessional geriatric case competition. This program brought together students from multiple health professions to design and present a comprehensive care plan using a simulated complex geriatric patient case. Student participants demonstrated beginning skills in interprofessional collaboration based on the IPEC competencies.
COVID-19: Oral Health Resource Kit
The Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) program developed the COVID-19: Oral Health Resource Kit for nursing and health professions educators to incorporate valuable interprofessional teaching resources in classroom and clinical simulation settings to demonstrate the connections between oral health and COVID-19. These resources include an unfolding case study, patient health literacy, a slide deck and a comprehensive COVID-19 and oral health resource list.
Benefits of Creative Arts for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers
This presentation from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium is given by Dr. Jackie Eaton, (University of Utah College of Nursing) who disusses the benefits of creative arts for people living with dementia. By the end of this lecture, learners should be able to: (1) identify the benefits of creative arts for persons with dementia and their caregivers, and (2) practice art-based techniques.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020
Life in Balance: Decreasing Fall Risk with Balance Training
This presentation from the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium is given by Dr. James Ballard (University of Utah) who discusses the role of balance training to decrease fall risk in older adults. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to demonstrate an understanding of how exercise interventions related to improving balance can decrease fall risk in older adults.
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2021
https://utahgwep.org/trainings/age-friendly-ltss-echo
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender older adults. This web page offers publications, videos, articles, trainings, guides and more, and is intended for use by the general public as well as health care providers. The resource center is updated frequently with resources that span a variety of LGBT aging topics.
Source: Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE), 2023.