NEW! Anti-Elderspeak Language Guide
Advance Directives
Caring Info: How to Create Your Advance Directive
Video: How one may approach the discussion about feeding tubes
Video for families to watch BEFORE having the conversation about advance directives with a provider
Resource for families to better understand advance directives, state specifics, etc
Navigating Mortality: Cake: Create a Free End of Life Plan
Planning Assistance: PREPARE
Delirium and Dementia
2-Item Ultra-Brief (UB-2) Delirium Screen
Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
3-Minute Diagnostic Interview for Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
Nursing Delirium Screening Scale
Managing Older Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Guide for Primary Care Providers
Now What? Next Steps After a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or Other Dementias
Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Older Patients: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians
Teepa Snow - Dementia Care Resources
Video: Potential Causes of Behavioral Changes with Dementia (negative, without text overlay)
Video: Potential Causes of Behavioral Changes with Dementia (positive, without text overlay)
Video: Potential Causes of Behavioral Changes with Dementia (negative, with text overlay)
Video: Potential Causes of Behavioral Changes with Dementia (positive, with text overlay)
Video: Common Behavioral Changes in Dementia (without text overlay)
Video: Common Behavioral Changes in Dementia (with text overlay)
Health Literacy
Sensory Changes
Substance Use and Medication Misuse
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
WHO: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Guidelines for Use in Primary Care
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)
FAQs about AUDIT-C for Clinicians
Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R)
Review of the four item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4) and eight item
Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test-Geriatric Version (MAST-G)
Short MAST-Geriatric Version (SMAST-G)
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Senior Alcohol Misuse Indicator (SAMI) Tool
Single Question Alcohol Use Screener
The Basics of the STOPP/START Criteria
4Ms Resources
4Ms of Behavioral Health Checklist
My 4Ms Worksheet - Page 1 Only
My 4Ms Worksheet - Page 2 Only
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment
SLUMS: Saint Louis University Mental Status Exam
Free Advance Directive Forms by State from AARP
State-by-State Advance Directives | advancingstates.org
Download and Complete Your State or Territories' Advance Directive Form - CaringInfo
State-by-State Advance Directive Forms | Everplans
Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care | National Institute on Aging (nih.gov)
Resources | Begin the Conversation
The Conversation Project - Advance Care Planning
IHI Age Friendly What Matters to Older Adults Toolkit
Getting Your Affairs in Order Infographic
Patient Summary of Health Priorities: This worksheet provides space for patients to define their health goal and What Matters priority, then name what they are willing to do and feel unable to do regarding their
health.
- This 40-page guide is for members of the healthcare team who help patients identify their healthcare priorities.
Disclosing an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Alzheimer’s and related Dementias Education and Referral Center
Next Steps After an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Mini-Cog Demonstration Video 1
Mini-Cog Demonstration Video 2
Graphical Mini Cog Pocket Card
Johns Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility (JH-HLM) Scale
Six Tips to Help Prevent Falls
STEADI for Older Adults Videos
Timed Up and Go (TUG) mobility assessment demonstration video
10 Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use with Caution
10 Medications Older Adults Should Avoid or Use with Caution - Spanish
Avoiding Overmedication and Harmful Drug Reactions
My Medication Record Form (NCOA)
Personal Medicines List - Spanish (CDC)
What to Do if a Medication You Take Is on the Beers List
Brain Health Academy: UsAgainstAlzheimer's (usagainstalzheimers.org)
10 Ways to Love Your Brain (Alzheimer’s Association)
2022 Primary Prevention Recommendations to Reduce The Risk of Cognitive Decline
Alzheimer's Association | Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Help
Dementia Alliance International
GeroCentral: A collaborative Geropsychology resource hub
Environmental Scan for Age-Friendly Clinical Spaces
Recommended Reading and Watching:
- Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, Louise Aronson, MD
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande, MD
- Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End It, Tracey Gendron, PhD
- Clinical Geropsychology, Inger Hilde Nordhus, Gary R. Vandenbos, Stig Berg, and Pia Fromholt
- A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity, Laura L. Carstensen, PhD
- The Four Things that Matter Most, Ira Byock, MD
- E4 webinars including Cognitive-Behavior Therapy with Older Adults by Drs. Ann Steffen and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
- Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals, Greg Hinrichsen (2022)
- The Business Case Toolkit from the E4 Center: Resources – E4 Center