Fireseide Chats: Aging Well with COVID-19: How to Stay Healthy Long-Term during COVID-19
This presentation (50:20 minutes) given by Melissa Batchelor discusses how to stay healthy long-term, especially during a time with COVID-19. The objective of this presentation are: (1) how COVID19 is different for older adults; (2) intergenerational COVID conversations; (3) aging well with COVID: challenges and insights; and (4) aging well with COVID: resources. Slides are available for download. (Presentation starts at 6:15 minutes.)
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020
Fireside Chats: Arts-Based Activities for Persons with Dementia
This presentation (58:12 minutes)by Jackie Eaton discusses activities for dementia patients related to art. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) identify the benefits of the arts for the aging body and mind; (2) explore programs that support arts-based activities for persons with dementia; and (3) practice arts-based activities. Slides are available for download. (Presentation starts at 6:58 minutes.)
Source: Utah Geriatric Education Consortium, 2020
Integrating the Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program with the 4Ms Series
The Integrating the Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program with the 4Ms course and case studies is a series that was created to educate health professionals on how to incorporate the 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) and the Geriatric SurgeryVerification Program into practice. This series includes one introductory course and four case studies. The introductory course discusses the perioperative experience as implemented through the GSV standards and the 4Ms framework.
How To Discuss Stopping Screening
This podcast (43:14 minutes) features an interview with Mara Schonberg who discusses cancer screening. Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that, on average, take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits of mammography breast cancer screening rise with age, peak when women are in their 60s, and decline thereafter. That is why the American College of Physicians recommendation regarding mammography for women over age 75 is that average-risk women or with women with a life expectancy of 10 years or less should discontinue screening for breast cancer.
Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults
This podcast (47:47 minutes) features interviews wtih Christine Kistler and Scott Bauer who discuss some of the myths about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTIs in older adults. Christine Kistler is a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who published a JAGS article titled "Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline." She discusses how we should work-up and manage “urinary tract infections.” Scott Bauer reviews how to assess and manage lower urinary tract symptoms in men.
Foundations of Nursing Care for Older Adults Series
The Foundations of Nursing Care for Older Adults series consists of 13 individual and interactive online modules featuring the latest content developed by faculty at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, engaging graphics, and knowledge checks for learners as they proceed through the learning content.
Nexus Summit 2022 Seminar Showcase: Redesigning the Box: A Self-Study Tool to Enhance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Interprofessional Programming and Initiatives
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COVID-19 Long Haulers: Pulmonary Complications: What to Expect?
This webinar presented by Anand Venkata aims to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on pulmonary complications due to COVID-19. By the end of the webinar, learners should be able to: (1) outline range of pulmonary complications after recovery from COVID-19; (2) analyse available data on pulmonary functional and radiologic outcomes after COVID-19; and (3) provide information on treatment of COVID-19 associated long-term pulmonary complications. A pre-assessment, post-assessment, and evaluation is included in this activity.
Grand Rounds: Social Justice and Equity for Vulnerable Elders
In this Grand Rounds, faculty from the UCSF Division of Geriatrics discusss four groups of elders who experience health disparities and disproportionately include minority elders: older adults in prisons, homeless older veterans, nursing home veterans with mental illness and dementia, and older adults living with HIV. The focus is on what is being done to help these groups and next steps for social justice and equitable systems to improve the lives of older persons in these groups.
Source: UCSF Division of Geriatrics, 2020