Rethinking Nursing Home Care: The OPTIMISTIC Project and Beyond...Surviving COVID in the Nursing Home Setting
This presentation (59:00 minutes) by Dr. Kathleen Unroe discusses how nursing home care has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic and the future movements of this type of care. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) review challenges and research opportunities in the nursing home setting - call to action; (2) highlight COVID-19 impacts on nursing home care; and (3) describe the OPTIMISTIC clinical care model.
Source: UCSF Division of Geriatrics, 2020
Frailty-Guided Clinical Management for Older Adults: Time to Take Action
This presentation (54:08 minutes) by Dr. Dae Hyun Kim discusses frailty-guided clinical management for older adults. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) adopt an evidence-based screening test of frailty in your practice; (2) apply frailty information to guide clinical management decisions; and (3) generate evidence to advance frailty-guided clinical care.
Source: UCSF Division of Geriatrics, 2020
Care Home ECHO: Addressing What Matters: ACP/POLST
This presentation (1:01:36 minutes) starts with Aida Wen discussing the recent facts COVID-19 and what you can do to prevent it. Then guest speaker, Hope Young, discusses advance care planning and POLST. (Presentation starts at 4:00 minutes.)
Source: John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2022, Care Homes ECHO
https://geriatrics.jabsom.hawaii.edu/care-homes-echo/
Healthy Aging
This video (8:07 minutes) by Xavier Walker discusses ways to bring healthy aging into a clinic. Topics of the video include: (1) What is healthy aging?; (2) having purpose and meaning; (3) eat, move, sleep; (4) socializing; (5) optimize annual wellness visit; (6) leverage community resources; and (7) bring healthy aging into the clinic.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse
This video (11:32 minutes) by Lisa Gibbs discusses the various types of elder and dependent adult abuse, including physical, self-neglect, neglect, financial, sexual, and emotional; the consequences of these abuses; and mandated reporting of abuse.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Long Term Care
This video (7:33 minutes) by Geraldine Date discusses what is considered long-term care, its relation to housing, and Medicare vs Medicaid.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Caregiver Issues
This video (7:46 minutes) by Kari Walker discusses the impact on a caregiver who cares for a patient with dementia, what caregivers need from providers, and screening for caregiver burden.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Driving Safety for the Older Adult
This video (6:18 minutes) by Camille Fitzpatrick discusses who to assess and how to assess driving safety in older adults. She also provides how and where to report driving inability. Resources and referrals related to driving and older adults with some specifically targeted to California are also presented.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Vaccines Recommendations for the Older Adult
This video (6:07 minutes) by Camille Fitzpatrick discusses vaccine recommendations and preventive care for older adults. The influenza, tetanus-diphtheria booster, and the zoster vaccine is discussed more in depth.
Source: University of California Irvine School of Medicine, GWEP, 2019
https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/GWEP/training-tools.asp
Geriatric ECHO: Music Therapy and Dementia
This presentation (58:43 minutes) by Angela Lo discusses music therapy and older adults with dementia. By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to: (1) describe music therapy and its benefits for older adults; (2) describe different types of music therapy; and (3) describe different uses for music therapy in adults such as aiding in behavioral problems for those with dementia, gait impairment for patients with Parkinson's disease, and providing comfort for those under hospice and palliative care.