Hearing Loss: Epidemiology and Screening
This handout discusses the prevalance of hearing loss along with the different types. It also reviews common screening tests used to assess hearing loss.
Hearing Loss and Cognitive Assessment
This handout reviews the effects of hearing loss when conducting a cognitive assessment. It also distinguishes the difference between symptoms of hearing loss versus symptoms of dementia-related hearing difficulties.
What You Need to Know About Hearing Aids
This handout discusses the various types of hearing aids and how to care for them. It also provides solutions to trouble shooting problems that may arise.
Health Risks for Family Caregivers
This handout assesses the benefits and risks of caregiving. It also discusses the needs of family caregivers and tips for assessing them.
Health Literacy
This handout reviews the importance of limited health literacy for older adults. It also provides recommendations for universal health literacy precautions. Links to helpful resources for health literacy are provided.
Geriatric Evaluation
This handout discusses the importance of a geriatric assessment along with the different components included in the assessment. Links to various resources and tools that can be used for the assessment are provided.
Frailty in Patients Undergoing Elective and Emergency Surgery
This handout discusses the importance of including frailty in the pre-operative assessment of older adults before undergoing an elective or emergency surgery. It also includes a table describing the different instruments used to assess frailty.
Frailty – Elders At Risk
This handout discusses the topic of frailty in elders. It provides a definition, assessment, and scoring system to assess frailty in older adults.
Falls: Assessing and Intervening in Fall Risk in Older Adults
This handout reviews various approaches to screening for fall risk and the prevention of falls in older adults. It also provides different interventions to reduce fall risk. along with links to fall resources for patients.
Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Perceptions in End-of-Life Issues
This handout compares the perceptions of end-of-life issues within four different groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. Tips for supporting ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse patients and families at the end of life.