Sherman "Red" Yoder- Unfolding Case
This unfolding case centers on Sherman "Red" Yoder, an 80-year-old farmer with insulin dependent diabetes complicated by an open foot wound. The three scenarios depict a variety of situations including a home visit and trip to the hospital to rule out sepsis, psychosocial issues such as functional decline, alcohol use, and possible elder abuse.
Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts
This web page provides links to peer-reviewed fast facts related to end-of-life and palliative care. Fast facts cover topics such as medication use, common complications such as constipation and delirium, care of specific diseases, family meetings and delivering bad news. There is a search bar for searching topics. Each fact page can be downloaded as a PDF.
Source: Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin, 2023.
https://www.mypcnow.org/
Adult Delirium Measurement Info Cards
These info cards provide a standardized summary of commonly used measurement tools for delirium in adults. The info cards include screening tools and assessments for delirium identification and severity. The info cards are available as PDFs.
Source: Network for Investigation of Delirium: Unifying Scientists, 2018.
https://deliriumnetwork.org/measurement/delirium-info-cards/
Caregiver Finances
This web page from the Caregiver Resource Center discusses financial questions to ask your aging loved ones, and includes a step by step process to manage a parent's finances. It also describes government benefits for elder caregivers and caregiver taxes.
Source: Caring.com.
https://www.caring.com/caregivers/
Caregiver Support and Resources
This web page from the Caregiver Resource Center discusses caregiver support groups and seven ways they can help. It also provides ten organizations caregivers should know about as well as the best caregiver books, blogs, podcasts, and apps.
Source: Caring.com, 2021.
https://www.caring.com/caregivers/
Dementia Caregiving
This web page from the Caregiver Resource Center helps caregivers create a dementia care plan while helping them understand how to deal with common dementia-related hygiene problems and sundowning syndrome. It also discusses hallucinations and delusions in dementia patients and creative techniques for talking to a loved one with dementia. Finally, it provides activities for adults with dementia and various ways to keep someone with dementia active.
Source: Caring.com.
Elder Abuse
This web page from the Caregiver Resource Center describes the different kinds of elder abuse (physical, sexual, verbal, financial, and emotional) and elder identity theft, and why older adults are suceptible to malicious abuse. It discusses caregiver situations that may prompt unintentional abuse, includes risk factors, and signs of abuse. It also discusses how a family member can protect elder loved ones from abuse.
Source: Caring.com.
https://www.caring.com/caregivers/
End-of-Life Care and Saying Goodbye
This web page from the Caregiver Resource Center discusses how families can plan for end-of-life care. It describes how to have a "good death" as well as the process of saying goodbye and grieving. Finally, it provides the stages of grief along with things a caregiver may feel during those stages or what one may notice.
Source: Caring.com, 2023.
https://www.caring.com/caregivers/
Medications for Memory
This webpage from the Alzheimer's Association describes the medications that may help lessen symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). It discusses the types of drugs used, medications used at each stage of AD, how the medications work, and side effects of the medications. Links to relevant resources are included.
Source: Alzheimer's Association.
https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/treatments
Treatments for Behavior
This webpage from the Alzheimer's Association describes treatments for changes in behavior caused by Alzheimer's disease. It discusses common changes in behavior, coping tips, medications for behavioral symptoms, triggering situations, medical evaluation for contributing factors, and non-drug approaches. Links to relevant resources are included.
Source: Alzheimer's Association.
https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/treatments