Geriatric Consult Service Curriculum
This curriculum from the Iowa Geriatric Education Center was developed for Internal Medicine residents working on the inpatient Geriatric Consult Service at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as part of their geriatric rotation. The modules in this course will be useful to all physicians, residents, and students who provide or who will provide primary care to older adults.
Dementia Training to Promote Involvement in Meaningful Activities
This training program from the Iowa Geriatric Education Center aims to increase the skills and abilities of those who work with older adults with dementia in long-term care settings. The training addresses recognizing unmet activity needs among persons with dementia, applying appropriate activity assessment methods, adjusting care routines to incldude enjoyable activities, and monitoring outcomes related to activity involvement. You can take this training program as an individual, or your facility can offer it in a group setting.
Dementia and Challenging Behaviors
The Dementia and Challenging Behavior training program from the Iowa Geriatric Education Center (IGEC) was designed specifically for use by long-term care facilities to train their staff on how to better address the needs of persons with dementia. This intensive 8-hour program is presented in 8 units to allow learners to divide the training into smaller pieces that they can do in a limited amount of time. It has 2 audio presentations with slides and 6 interactive lessons with real-life stories. Each unit also includes printable handouts.
Oral Health: An Essential Element of Healthy Aging
This newsletter from the Geronotological Society of America provides an overview of linkages between oral health, systemic conditions, functional abilities, and healthy aging. In addition to calling attention to the importance of oral health, this publication highlights special oral health challenges now faced by the world's rapidly aging population. It provides a valuable and up-to-date resource for clinicians, researchers, educators, and policy-makers across disciplines to quickly bring them up to speed on key areas of concern in geriatric oral health.
Interprofessional Solutions for Improving Oral Health in Older Adults: Addressing Access Barriers, Creating Oral Health Champions
This white paper from the Gerontological Society of America summarizes the recommendations generated at an interprofessional national stakeholder forum through a concensus-building process to identify key research, education, policy, practice, and funding needs to improve oral health outcomes in older adults.
A State of Decay: Are Older Americans Coming of Age Without Oral Healthcare?
This report from the Wisdom Tooth Project, a program of Oral Health America, discusses the key indicators of oral health in older adults for each state to shine a light on successes and barriers yet to be overcome. The report is designed for use by both professionals and consumers.
Growing Older with a Smile- Promoting Oral Health for Older Adults
This webinar from Dr. Steve Shuman (University of Minnesota School of Dentistry) and Andie Kyros (Oral Health America) reviews key oral health concerns for older adults, connections between oral and systemic health, and potential barriers to dental care for older adults, as well as resources to address them. The webinar and its handouts are free to access for Minnesota Gerontological Society members. Non-members are required to pay a $15 fee.
Teach Curriculum- Geriatric Oral Health
Smiles for Life has developed materials to help educators implement the curriculum into an academic setting. Each of the eight 45 minute presentations can be downloaded, complete with annotated presenter notes, companion videos, PDFs of the Implementation Guide, ACGME formatted Educational Objectives, Test Questions, and a listing of high quality Resources designed to serve as a base for oral health training. Course 8 is specific to Geriatric Oral Health. It is required to register a free account to access the curriculum.
Seniors and Oral Health
This web page from the Minnesota Dental Association shares information and resources for older adults their caregivers related to the importance of keeping teeth and gum tissues clean and healthy as we age. In addition, a comprehensive video series and companion workbook from the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota's Oral Health Services for Older Adults Program are included, which focus on providing oral care in long-term care environments.
Managing Multicomplexity in the Homebound Patient
This online course from the Home Centered Care Institute presents a model for treating patients with four of the more common chronic diseases found in the home-based primary care (HBPC) patient population: diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic kidney disease. Medication management and challenges faced by caregivers are also discussed. This course is intended for primary care providers working with homebound patients with multiple chronic diseases. Estimated time to complete module is 30 minutes. The course is free to access through 2020.