LGBT: What You Should Know About LGBT Older Adults
This handout provides five recommendations for improving the quality of care of LGBT older adults. It also discusses the importance of LGBT-sensitive language on various office forms and how to improve this language.
LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities
This handout discusses recommendations for LGBT older adults as to what long-term care facilities to select. It also provides a list of ideas for creating a welcoming and safe environment for LGBT older adults in long-term care facilities.
Integrative Medicine in Older Adults: Mind-Body and Energy Medicine
This handout reviews the definition of integrative medicine, and the prevalence of its use in older adults. It also describes the most widely used integrative medicine approaches in older adults.
Immunizations for Older Adults
This handout reviews the immunizations recommended for older adults. A table is provided listing the vaccines covered by Medicare.
Hyponatremia in Older Adults: Diagnosis
This handout discusses the factors that contribute to the increased prevalence of hyponatremia in older adults, along with causes and assessment components. An algorithm is provided to help clinicians determine the cause of hyponatremia in older adults.
Managing Hypertension in Older Adults
This handout discusses treatment goals for older adults with hypertension. It outlines drug regimens that are suitable for older adults with hypertension, including those used initially in patients with other medical conditions.
Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia
This handout discusses when and why hospice care should be considered for patients with dementia. It outlines hospice eligibility criteria for Alzheimer's disease, and what hospice care involves for these patients.
HIV/AIDS: Implications for Older Adult Patients
This handout reviews the importance of screening for HIV/AIDS in older adults. It also discusses possible problems encountered with commonly prescribed drugs that can interact with HIV/AIDS medications in older adults.
HIPPA and Working with Family Caregivers
This handout discusses HIPPA regulations and what they say about how and when clinicians can share the health information of older adults with their caregivers and family members. It gives examples of different types of cases such as straight forward cases or cases requiring professional judgement when complying with HIPPA regulations.
Hip Fractures in Older Adults: Update on Perioperative Management
This handout reviews pre-and post-operative management, and post-discharge care of patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures. Tables outlining hip fracture complications and priorities in geriatric management of hip fractures are provided.