The History and Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools
This presentation is about the the history and legacy of Native American boarding schools. It shares the stories of the author's family, including their parents and grandparents.
Source: Dakota Geriatrics, 2024
https://dakotageriatrics.org/resource
Improving Healthcare for American Indian Elders
This video talks about a free online webinar called "Improving Healthcare for American Indian Elders" which brings to light the effects aging has on the Native American population. This webinar took place on April 8, 2022 and featured four guest speakers. This webinar is presented on Dakota Geriatrics, Center for Rural Health, National Resource Center on Native American Aging, and The College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines at the University of North Dakota.
Source: Dakota Geriatrics, 2022
Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams
This website is a great training module for healthcare providers on how to effectively integrate Caregivers in care and the care team "Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams". It is easy to navigate, practical, contains many resources and tools, free, and is less than 1-hour long. Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams (CAP-CT) is a nation-wide initiative that provides health care teams with the skills and confidence to include family caregivers in a patient's care journey. CAP-CT gives health care teams the skills to identify, engage, and support caregivers.
4Ms Brochure
In this guide, learn how to improve your health by talking to your health teams about the 4Ms: What Matters, Mind, Mentation, Medications, Mobility.
Source: Catch-On
https://catch-on.org/
Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers
"Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers" is hosted by Rosanne Corcoran, who's journey into caregiving began with a dementia diagnosis of her fiercely independent mother. The monthly podcast cultivates a dynamic group of subject matter experts to help listeners navigate these uncharted, and many times, tumultuous waters and provide insight into navigating the healthcare system, resources, support, and community to those caring for their loved ones.
Source: Daughterhood The Podcast, 2022
Geriatric Oncology
In this GeriPal podcast (44:53 minutes), Melisa Wong, a geriatric oncologist, and Louise Walter, a geriatrician and leader in cancer screening for older adults, talk about the shifting landscape of geriatric oncology, including: 1) How to think about cancer screening in older adults, moving beyond a one-size-fits all age-based approach to individualize cancer screening decisions.
Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism
In the GeriPal podcast (48:38 minutes), Deborah Ejem, a medical sociologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama Birmingham, and Deep Ashana, a pulmonary critical care physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University, discuss structural, institutional, and interpersonal racism as well as how these different but related constructs negatively impact the care of older adults and people with serious illness.
Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?
In this GeriPal podcast (49:17 minutes), Juliet Jacobsen and Rachelle Bernacki discuss the ongoing debate in academic circles about the value Advance Care Planning (ACP), how to think about definitions of ACP vs serious illness communication, what should go into high quality conversations, the evidence for and against any of this, and ultimately where we go from here. Also included is a Venn diagram of advance care planning and serious illness communication.
Source: GeriPal, 2022
Dementia and Continence (DemCon)
This website provides information to help people living with dementia to manage continence at home. It was developed by researchers at the University of Southampton and King’s College London, who worked with people affected by dementia. Funding has been from the Alzheimer’s Society and National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Source: Dementia and Continence (DemCon)
https://www.demcon.org.uk/
Aging and the ICU
Based on an earlier study finding that older adults who survive sepsis are likely to develop new functional and cognitive deficits after they leave the hospital, in this GeriPal podcast (46:44 minutes), Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert discuss their own research and the idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event.
Source: GeriPal, 2022