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.
2021 Nexus Innovation Challenge
This is a private group for teams that are registered for the 2021 Nexus Innovation Challenge. The 2021 Nexus Innovation Challenge is a catalyst for teams to learn and apply Design Thinking principles to solve challenges and design opportunities within their clinical and educational environments. Using mapping tools, protoyping and visualization models, this longitudinal program is designed for teams to grow practical skills and apply them to a specific initiative in their own contexts, focusing on the intersection of interprofessional education and collaborative care. The Challenge is intended to support teams in designing real-life solutions to problems or responding to opportunities that teams have identified as important to advancing their work. The Innovation Challenge is a long-term investment in the work you and your team are already doing in your own context.
Diverse Elders Coalition
This web page from the Diverse Elders Coalition includes education aimed at advocating for policies and programs that improve aging in communities of racially and ethnically diverse people; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people. The web page includes current and past policy advocacy campaigns, public education, personal narratives, and blog posts. Topics include Alzheimer's disease and dementia, HIV/AIDS, immigration reform, Medicare and Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act. Caregiver and COVID-19 information are also provided.
A Public Health Approach to Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
The Alzheimer's Association, as part of a cooperative agreement with CDC's Healthy Aging Program, and in partnership with Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, developed these curricular materials on cognitive health, cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease for use by undergraduate faculty in schools and programs of public health.