Case Study: Mr. Ying
This case study on fall prevention depicts the STEADI approach with a medium-risk patient who has recently limited his outside activities. The case study illustrates the assessment, identification of risk factors, and fall prevention recommendations.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/
Case Study: Mrs. Booker
This case study on fall preventiondepicts the STEADI approach with a low-risk patient who has come in for a wellness check. The case study illustrates the assessment, identification of risk factors, and fall prevention recommendations.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/
Fall Risk Factors Checklist
This pocket guide for providers describes the CDC's STEADI algorithm for fall risk screening, assessment, and intervention for community-dwelling older adults.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/
Communicating with Older Adult Patients
This interactive online presentation is designed to help health care professionals and others understand how to communicate with older adults, including those with hearing and vision problems, and when a caregiver is present. Embedded videos and quiz questions are included.
Source: Florida State University College of Medicine, 2019.
https://med.fsu.edu/
Pain Assessment and Management for the RN/LPN
This online learning module helps RN's and LPN's learn how to assess and manage pain in older adults. The module is interactive and provides short quizzes to test your knowledge throughout the topics.
Source: Florida State University College of Medicine, 2019.
https://med.fsu.edu/
Talking About Goals of Care
This 8 minute video demonstrates and discusses communication techniques for providers to use when discussing advanced care planning with an older adult.
Source: The Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania, 2012.
https://www.med.upenn.edu/gec/
Mini-Cog Administration
This brief video provides a demonstration of how to administer and score the Mini-Cog Test to a patient. This test is used to assess a patient's cognition and memory.
Source: ACT on Alzheimer's, 2014.
https://actonalz.org/
Evaluation of Memory Complaints & Management of Dementia | Family Medicine | UCI School of Medicine
In this 5 minute video, Dr. Steven Tam discusses how to evaluate complaints of memory impairment. He also describes how to manage the evolution and progression of dementia.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 2019.
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
AIHC-National Center Mentoring Program
AIHC-National Center Mentoring Program
The AIHC-National Center Mentoring Program accepts mentors and mentees annually to the program. This year-long program will begin in July and ends August the following year with a recognition at the Nexus Summit. Mentors and mentees who are selected will be matched based on needs and experience. Over the course of the year, pairs will schedule monthly meetings, participate in quarterly learning activities with the larger group, and provide evaluation feedback to improve the mentoring program.
AIHC Student Award for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Nomination Form
Description: This award is given annually to a student who has demonstrated consistent engagement in an interprofessional collaborative practice within the clinic, classroom and/or community.
Eligibility: AIHC student member in good standing.
Selection Criteria:
Should a student wish to be considered for this award they must: