Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Adults: How Can We Provide Support?
This lecture (1:00:18) is part of the 16th Annual Michael A. Creedon Memorial Lecture on Aging series given by Dr. Marla Berg-Weger. Dr. Berg-Weger discusses loneliness and social isolation among older adults and how the community can provide support to them as they continue to age. She also discusses intervention strategies to address loneliness and social isolation with an emphasis on ways to support older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. (The presentation begins at 2:20 minutes).
Source: A.T. Still University Area Health Education Center, 2020.
Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for Palliative Care Providers
This article written by Drs. Allison Gibson, Cara L. Wallace, Patrick White, and Stephanie P. Wladkowski describes the relationship of the COVID-19 pandemic to anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, and complicated grief for individuals, families, and their providers. It also provides discussion regarding countering this grief through communication, advance care planning, and self-care practices.
Older Persons and the COVID-19 Pandemic
This brief article written by Dr. John E. Morley discusses COVID-19 in the older adult population, and specific things older adults should do to avoid contracting the disease. TThe article describes the Simple "FRAIL" Questionnaire Screening Tool for older adults and its scoring.
Source: Saint Louis University's Gateway Geriatric Educatioin Center & Aging Successfully, 2020.
Meaningful Activities in the Residential Care Setting
This video (4:36 minutes) created by the Gateway Geriatric Education Center at St. Louis University showcases meaningful activities that can be done in a nursing home setting to improve the quality of life and combat loneliness in residents.
Source: Saint Louis University's Gateway Geriatric Educatioin Center & Aging Successfully, 2019.
https://www.slu.edu/medicine/internal-medicine/geriatric-medicine/aging-successfully/index.php
Family Involvement in Care
This online training series on Family Involvement in Dementia Care was created by the Iowa Geriatric Education Center to help family caregivers develop the skills to act as partners in dementia care for their loved ones. Modules include videos, family interviews, hand-outs, and break-out discussions that teaches family members how to work as partners with staff in both community and long-term care settings. The ten-part series covers topics such as communicating with staff, negotiating on behalf of your loved one, asking difficult questions, managing medications, and more.
The Eldercare Method Interdisciplinary Team Model
This PDF by Dr. Kelly O'Shea Carney, Executive Director of Phoebe Center for Excellence in Dementia Care, provides an overview of the Eldercare Method, an interdisciplinary behavioral health consultation model developed to foster the well being and highest level of function among frail elders within long-term care settings. The Eldercare Method utilizes a variety of tools and interventions that have been developed specifically to address the behavioral health needs of long term care residents.
Source: Phoebe Center for Excellence in Dementia Care, 2012.
4Ms Presentation Series at Fontenelle – "Mobility"
This presentation is part of a series through the University of Nebraska's Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program which covers the 4Ms: Mobility, Mentation, Medications, and What Matters. Dr. Joseph Hejkal, Assistant Professor, UNMC Internal Medicine Division, discusses falls and mobility in the context of caring for older adults along with how to interventions to prevent falls.
Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center GWEP, 2020.
4Ms Presentation Series at Fontenelle – "Mentation"
This presentation is part of a series through the University of Nebraska's Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program which covers the 4Ms: Mobility, Mentation, Medications, and What Matters. Dr. Jane Potter, Profesor in the UNMC Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine, discusses mentation in older adults. The three major topics explained include delirium, dementia, and depression.
Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center GWEP, 2020.
4Ms Presentation Series at Fontenelle – “Medications”
This presentation (57:29 minutes) is part of a series sponsored by the University of Nebraska's Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program which covers the 4Ms: Mobility, Mentation, Medications, and What Matters. Dr. Linda Sobeski, Clinical Assistant Professor in the UNMC College of Pharmacy, presents on aging physiology, pharmacokiinetics and pharrmacokinetics in older adults.
4Ms Presentation Series at Fontenelle – “What Matters”
This presentation is part of a series sponsored by the University of Nebraska's Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program which covers the 4Ms: Mobility, Mentation, Medications, and What Matters. Dr. Bill Lyons, UNMC Division of Geriatric Medicine, discusses the What Matters aspect of the 4Ms as he describes advance care planning in older adults.
Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center GWEP, 2020.