CDC STEADI: Best Practices for Developing an Inpatient Program to Prevent Older Adult Falls after Discharge
This CDC STEADI publication provides practice recommendations for screening, asessing, and intervening to reduce falls during and after a hospital stay. This guide highlights 10 steps for integrating a safe mobility and fall prevention program into inpatient workflow and clinical practice. The goal was to prevent falls during hospitalization, set the stage for better collaboration with external providers for post-discharge care, and reduce risk of falls after hospital stays.
What are the 5C's of an Age-Friendly Public Health System?
This document created by the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems discusses what the 5C's of an Age-Friendly Public Health System are: connecting and convening, coordinating, collecting and disseminating data, communicating, complementing and supplementing. Each of the 5C's include a brief description of what they are and how to implement them. This document also includes 5C summaries and examples from the Florida Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Initiative with a summary of each county's implementation of the 5C's.
Caring for Older Adults during COVID-19: Assessment and Management via Telehealth
The UCSF Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program is empowering Northern California to meet the needs facing older adults. This free CME telehealth module series for providers is comprised of short 10-15 minute educational videos for busy learners. Learners can decide which modules are of interest and 'earn as they learn' or accrue CME credits with each module completed.
Frailty Science: Promoting Resilience and Healthy Aging
Developed by the Information Dissemination Core of the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center, FrailtyScience.org is a state-of-the-art online resource for clinicians and researchers that focuses on the science of frailty and resiliency, and how it may impact the health and wellness of older adults. The overall goal is to improve the understanding of how frailty develops, how to best assess it, and how to best treat and prevent frailty-related decline.
The Value of Dementia Assessments
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on the value of dementia. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about the value of dementia and how it pertains to their respective profession.
Supporting Military Caregivers
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on supporting military caregivers. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about supporting military caregivers and how it pertains to their respective profession.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19: Predictors and Outcomes
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 and how it pertains to their respective profession.
What is Age-Friendly Healthcare?
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with current information on age-friendly healthcare. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about age-friendly healthcare.
An Introduction to Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
This activity created by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is designed to educate healthcare providers with current information on neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disesase.