Educating older adults, families, and health professionals to prepare a geriatric collaborative workforce optimizing patient-centered health outcomes
Chicago, IL
Joined August 2016
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This month we extend a thank you and a happy #SocialWorkMonth to the social workers doing pivotal work for the aging community.
From inpatient to outpatient, wraparound care and nursing facilities, social workers provide vital care and advocacy for our older community members xitter.cf/CATCH_ON_GWEP/status/1…
Join @alzassociation and @MATTERhealth 3/19 for a pitch competition on cutting-edge innovations increasing access to quality, person-centered care for underserved people living with Alzheimer's.
bit.ly/AlzPitchCompetition
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#BlackHistoryMonth in The Gerontologist: Turning It Over to God: African American Assisted Living Residents’ End-of-Life Preferences and Advance Care Planning @BlackInGeron @DiverseGero @OxfordJournals @GeronMedia @ToniaPoteat doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad1…
African Americans are disproportionately affected by dementia and are twice as likely to develop late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease than White Americans.
Learn more with the vital research @E4Center compiled in their Winter 2024 Newsletter: bit.ly/E4News
#dementia
Applications are closing **January 25** for the CATCH-ON and @E4Center Older Adult Mental Health Certificate intensive training this April!
Join like-minded practitioners from across the U.S. for this unique experience: bit.ly/OAMHIntensive
#olderadults #mentalhealth
The average age of grandparents is getting older and their roles have hardly ever been more diverse. Learn more about how the lives of grandparents are changing: bit.ly/3SsQfMs
#family #grandparents #aging
Don’t miss @samhsagov GAINS Center’s national webinar on 1/30: "Responding to a Growing Demographic: Supporting Older Adult Populations within the Criminal Justice System”.
Register now! bit.ly/48Cv5Ro
#olderadults #justicesystem #mentalhealth #aging
Use this #DryJanuary as a chance to ask older adults in your practice and in your community about the role substances play in their lives.
Not sure where to start? Try these tips from @NCOAging: bit.ly/3NU7O51
#DryJanuary #OlderAdults #SUD #Alcohol #HealthyAging
Sometimes #Delirium prevention can be simple.
Help orient patients by providing glasses and amplification devices for those that need them can improve their orientation and reduce risk of delirium.
Find out more here: bit.ly/DeliriumPrevention
Many people living with grief can find the holiday memories and holiday stress to be especially overwhelming.
There's no one right approach, but click below for some tips on how to deal with grief in the holiday season: bit.ly/48quMsC
#grief #aging #holidays
Along with snowy days and holiday cheer, the winter chill can bring serious health risks for older people especially.
To help keep the older adults in your practice and your personal life safe, share these #coldsafety tips from @NIHAging : bit.ly/wintersafetyoa
#aging
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Strength training improves physical function among older adults with heart failure. doi:10.1111/jgs.16428
Addressing the Rising Mental Health Needs of an Aging Population is the latest workshop from @theNASEM.
Improve the preparedness of your health system to meet older adults' needs with this poignant material: bit.ly/armhnap
#mentalhealth #olderadults
This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, improve your understanding of disability in American Indian and Alaska Native communities with this guide from the @NICOA_Aging : bit.ly/udaian
To help enable people to age healthily and joyously.
This is a key part of CATCH-ON's mission, and one that one of our leaders had a chance to lend her voice to. Read her insight on expressing our needs honestly and other key facets of aging well: lnkd.in/gmuE-Uqi
Systemic discriminatory factors increase the ADRD risks faced by aging Latine and Hispanic folks.
Learn more this Day of the Dead and All Saints' Day, take the time to recognize those living with Alzheimer's and related dementias (ADRD). bit.ly/46UZGcd
October is National Dental Hygiene Month! For older adults especially, there is no good health without good #oralhealth. Lack of oral care adds daily pains and can be an early depressive symptom.
Per @HHSGov, what impacts oral health in the U.S.? bit.ly/ohpol
Congratulations to the 2023-24 Schaalman Faculty and Student Fellows! The six fellows will work to serve older adults based on what matters to them.
Read more about the 2023-2024 fellows: bit.ly/45GmRWd
View projects from last year's fellows: bit.ly/3RZov22
Oct. 7 was Ageism Awareness Day. Let’s use this week to #TalkAboutAgeism and reframe how we talk about aging and older adults. Check out this helpful guide from @E4Center and @ReframingAging: bit.ly/3ZQ54KZ
October is Health Literacy Month!
Check out Health Literacy Online from the @HHSGov for tips on designing health information materials that are accessible for people with limited health literacy or limited time: bit.ly/3LQnvcK