Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults
Research protocol from AHRQ re: prevention, diagnosis, and management of opioids, opioid misuse, and opioid use disorder in older adults; could be useful for developing educational materials; references (8/16/2019)
Alzheimer's Care Training Resources
Sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association, this website contains 12 caregiver training resources that address warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, understanding dementia types, stages and risk factors, dementia conversations about driving, doctor visits, and legal and financial planning, communication strategies, living with Alzheimer's for caregivers and for people with Alzheimer's disease, and how to respond to dementia-related behavior. Some topics are provided in Spanish as well as English.
Patient-centered care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions: a stepwise approach
This article provides an executive summary of a report from the AGS Expert Panel on guiding principles for care of older adults with multimorbidity.
Guiding principles for the care of older adults with multimorbidity
This article written by an AGS Expert Panel summarizes the literature on multimorbidity in older adults and provides guiding principles for care.
AGS Multimorbidity Toolkit
This toolkit is a resource for understanding the AGS Guiding Principles for the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity. It contains several articles from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that outline guiding principles, a stepwise approach for patient-centered care, a pocket card, assessment tools, teaching slides, and case studies.
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COVID-19 Response and Resources
The National Center and the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative are committed to supporting health professionals, educators, learners, patients, families, communities, and you, to discover new ways to learn and practice interprofessionally. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our ability to work and learn about, from, and with each other is crucial to our response.
Addressing the Health Risks of Climate Change in Older Adults
This article provides a 2019 update to the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults based upon a systematic review of new evidence.