What Matters: Tools Designed to Assist Primary Care Better Screen and Support Older Adults
This webinar (53:29 minutes) given by Drs. Ana Tuya Fulton and Mary Beth Welesko discusses the components of geriatric assessment along with geriatric assessment tools and how they can be applied in a primary care setting. It also identifies geriatric assessment tools for patients who would benefit from additional evaluation along with resources for patients and caregivers based on the results of a geriatric assessment. Free registration is required to access webinar. Continuing education credit is available. (Presentation begins at 3:10 minutes). This webinar is found under module 1.
Towards a dementia plan: a WHO guide
This WHO guide provides useful information and tools for the creation and integration of a dementia plan. The target audience is government representatives working in a dementia-related sector, but the guide may be useful for people with dementia and their caregivers, nongovernmental organizations, service providers, and researchers.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 2018.
https://www.who.int/publications
European Conference on Interprofessional Practice and Education
The 8th European Conference on Interprofessional Practice & Education in Health & Social Care is organized in Bochum (Germany) from 6 to 8 September 2023. Latest developments in interprofessional education and collaborative practice are combined with opportunities for networking. Participants can register also for an optional pre-conference capacity building seminar. Attendees of the conference receive a free copy of the Interprofessional Practice and Education Quality Scales (IPEQS), which includes assessment of the EIPEN 5Keys interprofessional competences.
Geriatric ECHO: Building Resilience for Dementia Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This presentation (51:32 minutes) by Sara Tompkison discusses dementia caregivers. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) describe two or more factors that impact the biopsychosocial well-being of dementia caregivers during the pandemic; (2) define the attributes and/or benefits of resilience for dementia caregivers; (3) explain the health care providers role in assessment of caregiver burden for dementia caregivers; and (4) identify three interventions that health care providers can implement to build and empower dementia caregiver resilience.
Geriatric ECHO: Lifestyle Medicine in Older Adults
This presentation (57:03 minutes) by Gregory Gatchell discusses lifestyle medicine in older adults. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) list the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine; (2) differentiate key areas within lifestyle medicine that change with age; (3) assess the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine in older patients; and (4) identify diagnostic and treatment options for lifestyle related illnesses in older adults. (Presentation starts at 5:25 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2021, Project ECHO.
Geriatric ECHO: Update on the Assessment and Management of Age-Related Hearing Loss
This presentation (58:40 minutes) by James W. Hall discusses hearing loss and the assessment and management of it. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) describe what is meant by "presbycusis"; (2) identify three factors contributing to age-related hearing loss; (3) state the typical hearing loss pattern associated with aging; and (4) recognize the link between cognition and speech perception. (Presentation starts at 7:40 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2021, Project ECHO