Preventing Falls Among Older Adults Pocket Guide
This pocket guide provides an algorith for fall risk screening, assessment, and intervention among community-dwelling adults 65 years and older. It provides step-by-step instructions for caregivers to follow.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019.
https://www.cdc.gov/
The Essentials of Preventing Falls in the Older Adult
This slides presentation provides information on the epidemiology of falls, an approach for fall risk screening and post-fall assessment, and interventions to reduce fall risk in older adults.
Source: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2015.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/
End of Life
This NIA resource provides an overview of the issues and decsions to be made by people caring for someone at the end-of-life. It provides information on topics such as palliative care hospice, and how to deal with grief.
Source: National Institute on Aging (NIA), 2020.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/
Communication Tips for Dementia Friendly Communities
This video (7:18 minutes) discusses ten tips for communicating clearly and respectfully with people with dementia or cognitive impairment. With each tip, a demonstration of the tip being used in common situations is provided.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Aging Research and Education, 2023.
https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/dementia-friendly-toolkit/
Tips for Family Caregivers to Make Healthcare Dementia Friendly
This video (7:43 min) provides family members with tips for medical appointments with patients with dementia such as what to prepare for and how to communicate with them. It also demonstrates the tips being used during a simulated appointment.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Aging Research and Education, 2023.
https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/dementia-friendly-toolkit/
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Tips for Providers to Make Healthcare Dementia Friendly
This video (9:01 min) discusses tips for healthcare providers regarding how to communicate with and advocate for people with dementia and their family caregivers. It also demonstrates these tips being used during a simulated appointment.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Aging Research and Education, 2023.
https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/dementia-friendly-toolkit/
Geriatric Simulations Toolkit
This toolkit includes guidance and materials to use in four simulations related to caring for older adults. The simulations include: an introduction to aging and home health nursing assessment, hospital care of older adults with a fall and acute respiratory symptoms, interprofessional home health assessments, and interprofessional skilled inpatient rehabilitation of older adults. The purpose of this toolkit is to improve the confidence and competence in adapting care of older adults while increasing the exposure for nursing students to various healthcare settings such as long term care.
What is an Age-Friendly Health System?
In this brief video, Dr. Mary Tinetti describes what it means to be an Age-Friendly Health System. An Age-Friendly Health Systerm is an initiative of the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), 2019.
Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Using the 4M's in the Care of Older Adults
This guide is designed to help health care teams test and implement a specific set of evidence-based geriatric practices called the 4M's. The 4M's include: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), 2020.