Understanding how to care for the physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of older adults often calls for a special set of skills. From determining nutritional status and detecting delirium to evaluating physical functionality and recognizing elder abuse, each of the 28 programs in this series encourages a critical-thinking, evidence-based approach that yields an accurate assessment, then shows how to translate the assessment results into an effective, multidisciplinary Plan of Care. This groundbreaking, new series offers a consistent, "how-to" training format that equips caregivers to provide age-specific assessments and appropriate interventions to conditions that are often overlooked or misdiagnosed in many older adults.

*DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH OF THE TITLES IN THIS SERIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST ***

Abuse
ELDER MISTREATMENT ASSESSMENT, 39 minutes

Activities of Daily Living
KATZ INDEX OF INDEPENDENCE IN ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, 28 minutes
THE LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE, 40 minutes
THE HOSPITAL ADMISSION RISK PROFILE (HARP), 43 minutes

Alcohol Misuse
THE SHORT MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST - GERIATRIC VERSION (SMAST-G) 41 minutes

Aspiration/Dysphagia
PREVENTING ASPIRATION IN OLDER ADULTS WITH DYSPHAGIA, 47 minutes

Caregiver Stress
THE MODIFIED CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX, 32 minutes

Collaborating With Families
ASSESSING FAMILY PREFERENCES FOR PARTICIPATION IN CARE IN HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS. 36 minutes

Cognitive Impairment
MENTAL STATUS ASSESSMENT (Mini-Cog), 31 minutes

BRIEF EVALUATION OF EXECUTIVE DYSFUNTION: An Essential Refinement in the Assessment Of Cognitive Impairment 36 minutes

COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES, 41 minutes

Delirium
DELIRIUM: The Under-Recognized Medical Emergency 51 minutes

Dementia
RECOGNITION OF DEMENTIA IN HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS, 30 minutes
EATING AND FEEDING ISSUES IN OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA 38 minutes
AVOIDING RESTRAINTS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA 41 minutes
WORKING WITH FAMILIES OF HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE DEMENTIA 32 minutes
WANDERING IN HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA 42 minutes

Depression
GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS) Short Form 28 minutes

Falls
FALL RISK ASSESSMENT (Hendrich II) 34 minutes

Inappropriate Medication Use
BEERS CRITERIA FOR POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION USE IN OLDER ADULTS 40 minutes

Malnutrition
ASSESSING NUTRITION IN OLDER ADULTS 34 minutes

Overall Assessment
FULMER SPICES: An Overall Assessment Tool For Older Adults 20 minutes

Pain
PAIN ASSESSMENT IN OLDER ADULTS 64 minutes

Post-Traumatic Stress
HOROWITZ IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE - Revised: An Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress In Older Adults 40 minutes

Pressure Ulcers
PREDICTING PRESSURE ULCER RISK (Braden Scale) 39 minutes

Sexuality
OLDER ADULT SEXUALITY: A Continuing Human Need 37 minutes

Sleep
THE PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX 32 minutes

*** Other related programs***

A COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT 34 minutes 2006

AGED CARE: Assessing Skin Conditions 24 minutes 2008

AGED CARE: Managing Incontinence 24 minutes 2008

COMMUNICATING WITH AGED CARE RESIDENTS 28 minutes 2007

NUTRITION IN AN AGED CARE ENVIRONMENT 29 minutes, 2007

PREVENTING FALLS IN AGED CARE 26 minutes 2009