HOW TO TRY THIS: Assessments and Best Practices in Care of Older Adults (28 Programs)
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
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