Oral Health & Older Adults
This resource hub from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research includes up-to-date information on significant oral health concerns for older adults, including dry mouth, taste disorders, diabetes, oral cancer, saliva and salivary gland disorders, burning mouth syndrome, and gum disease. Information sheets for caregivers on brushing, flossing, dry mouth, and finding low-cost dental care for older adults can be downloaded and/or ordered.
Webinar: The COVID Crisis and Regulations, Oversight, and the Economics of Nursing Homes
This webinar, sponsored by the Long Term Care Community Coalition and the New York Bar Association, examines nursing home reform following the disastrous impact of COVID-19. The program covers the fundamentals of the nursing home industry: its legal structure, oversight, funding and ownership, and realities of enforcement. The presenters discuss issues with staffing, infection and quality control, profit vs. non-profit ownership, and the debates over liability and immunity that have become so heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tools for Advancing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education
The Gerontological Society of America and its Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education designed this toolkit, with support from AARP, to provide resources to advance age inclusivity in institutions of higher education. These tools and resources may be adapted to meet your institution's approach to making the case, building relationships, addressing ageism, crafting new efforts, and conducting assessments. The suite of tools can be used by faculty, students, administrators, and other campus leaders.
Source: Gerontological Society of America, 2021
The GSA KAER Toolkit for Primary Care Teams: Supporting Conversations About Brain Health, Timely Detection of Cognitive Impairment, and Accurate Diagnosis of Dementia
This toolkit from the Gerontological Society of America is intended as a supportive document of practical approaches, educational resources, and validated clinical tools to help primary care teams implement the KAER Model in their own initiatives related to brain health and timely detection of cognitive impairment. Information on the different types of dementia is also included. Medical educators and medical students may also find the toolkit's content useful.
Source: Gerontological Society of America, 2020
When Does Aging Begin? Part 1
This webinar given by Dr. Daniel W. Belsky (Columbia University) and Dr. Vadim Gladyshev (Birgham and Women's Hospital) is Part One of a three-part series organized by NIH in conjunction with the GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Online Meeting. The presentors, with backgrounds in geroscience, consider the question, "When does aging begin?" by presenting their hypotheses and challenging each other's proposals through a guided panel discussion. They also consider how their hypotheses could be supported experimentally.
Source: Gerontological Society of America, 2020
The Community Guide to Adult Oral Health Program Implementation
The Community Guide to Adults Oral Health Program Implementation (Oral Health Guide), funded by the Administration for Community Living and the Office on Women's Health, aims to help groups at the state and local levels start or enhance their own oral health programs for older adults. Here, community-based entities can find key tips, case studies, interactive tools, and other sources of support for creating cost-effective, sustainable programs.
A Framework for Integrating Family Caregivers into the Health Care Team
This report published by the RAND Corporation aims to understand barriers to that family caregivers face in collaborating with their loved one's health care team. The report identifies promising policy directions and provide recommendations for next steps in assessing, developing, and implementing policies to improve the integration of family caregivers into care teams.
Source: RAND Corporation, 2020
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA105-1.html
AGS Cognitive Screening Toolkit
The AGS Cognitive Screening Toolkit includes free open access cognitive screening tests that are recommended by the USPSTF. The toolkit can serve as a resource for clinicians to better understand cognitive screening tools, which have been validated in Primary Care settings and are available for free. This toolkit can help in selecting the appropriate cognitive screening tool to use with primary care patients.
Moving Ahead Together: A Framework for Integrating HIV/AIDS & Aging Services
This framework from Grantmakers in Aging offers recommendations for bringing health care (HIV, geriatrics, primary, and specialty care), mental and behavioral health, psychosocial support, and social services closer and policies for improving the wellbeing of older people living with HIV.
Source: Grantmakers in Aging, 2020
https://www.giaging.org/initiatives/hiv-and-aging/moving-ahead-together-framework/
Nexus Summit
Since 2016, the annual Nexus Summit has been a crucial place of connection and action for those committed to interprofessional practice and education as a cornerstone strategy to improve the health of individuals and the communities where they live.
