Tips for Managing Delirium in Older Adults
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides tips for how to manage delirium in older adults. It discusses what signs to look for when dealing with delirium as well as caregiving tips for older adults with delirium.
Source: Health in Aging, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-managing-delirium-older-adults
Certificate Program in Community-Based IPE
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For Women: Tips for Good Health in Later Life
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides tips for older women to maintain good health throughout their later life.
Source: Health in Aging, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-good-health-later-life-older-women
For Men: Tips for Good Health in Later Life
This tip sheet from the AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides tips for older men to maintain good health later in their life. It also discusses the various medical checks and examinations older men should have with their healthcare providers.
Source: Health in Aging, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips/tip-sheet-good-health-later-life-older-men
Safety Tips for Older Drivers
This tip sheet from AGS's Health in Aging Foundation provides tips and resources that can help older drivers take essential steps to maintain driving safety. It also discusses new vehicle technologies and how they play into safe driving in the elderly.
Source: Health in Aging Foundation, 2019.
https://www.healthinaging.org/tools-and-tips
Dorothy as the Prototype in Looking at Client Expectations; Quality of Life and Function
This teaching strategy looks at raising the awareness of client expectations and at how the nurse can work with the client in addressing these expectations to ultimately maintain the best possible quality of life. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities and readings, and other materials are included. Files are downloadable/printable. This resource is only available for members.
Source: National League for Nursing (NLN), 2018.
Caring for the Older Adult Living in the Community
This teaching strategy can be used to enhance the learning of students in beginning prelicensure nursing courses. Students will examine older adults' functional, physical, emotional, and mental health needs using the ACE.S framework. In addition, students will use therapeutic communication skills to assess older adults' wishes, expectations, cultural traditions, strengths, community resources, and family/caregiver involvement. Learning objectives, suggested learning activities and readings, and other materials are included. Files are downloadable/printable.
Assessment of Older Adults in Long-Term Care
This teaching strategy focuses on assessment in long-term care clinical settings, and can be used with students in both beginning and advanced nursing courses. Since it is beneficial for learning to assign students to long-term care settings for several weeks, the teaching strategy provides learning activities for a six-week experience. Learning objectives, learner pre-work, suggested learning activities and readings, and assessment tools are included. All files are downloadable/printable. This resource is only available for members.
Examining Risks and Benefits to Enhance Quality of Life
These teaching strategies serve two purposes. First, they are designed to help students feel more comfortable initiating conversations with older adults about risks they may be willing to take to achieve benefits that may improve quality of life. They are also meant to raise awareness of decisions older adults make which may be unconventional within the context of a best practices model, yet are consistent with the older person's wishes, expectations, resources, cultural traditions, and strengths.