Food and Eating
This web page provides nutritional tips for making eating easier for people with dementia. The tips include making mealtimes easier, encouraging independence, and minimizing eating and nutrition problems.
Source: Alzheimer's Association, 2023.
alz.org/help-support/caregiving/daily-care
Millie Larsen- Unfolding Case
This unfolding case centers on Millie Larsen, who is in the hospital with a diagnosis of urinary tract infection and dehydration. The unfolding case provides three different simulation scenarios, depicting varied situations Millie encounters during her brief hospital stay. The objectives focus on assessment and appropriate use of assessment tools such as the SPICES and Hendrich Fall Risk, and Confusion Assessment Method (CAM); conflict between Millie and her daughter on living arrangements; functional assessment; discharge teaching; and making appropriate referrals.
Henry and Ertha Williams- Unfolding Case
This unfolding case centers on Henry Williams, a 69-year-old man who has been admitted to the hospital after he could not catch his breath. The three simulation scenarios focus on the physical and psychosocial changes that Henry encounters over the next few weeks, including his failing health and his concern for his increasingly forgetful wife.
Julia Morales and Lucy Grey- Unfolding Case
This unfolding case centers on Julia Morales, a 65-year-old with lung cancer, and her partner Lucy Grey. The scenarios begin with the home health nurse evaluating Julia after she has decided to stop treatment for her lung cancer. In the second scenario, the end of Julia's life is near, and she is surrounded by her loved ones and the hospice nurses. Julia dies during this scenario. The final scenario concentrates on Lucy and the difficulties she has adjusting to her life without Julia.
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.