Resources

Week 1 - Aging Demographics and Finances, Long-Term Care

• Aging: Demographics

  • Fact Sheet on Aging and Health in America [pdf]
  • Public Health and Aging: Trends in Aging-United States and Worldwide

• Finances

  • Medicare Tutorial
  • Medicaid Tutorial

• Long-Term-Care

  • Long-Term Care Glossary
  • Changing Contexts of Care in Geriatric Medicine - Acute Hospital Care
  • Changing Contexts of Care in Geriatric Medicine - Home Care

Week 2 - Dementia, Delirium, Malnutrition

• Dementia

  • Dementia Screening Tools for the Primary Care Physician
  • Update on Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease - Part I: Primary Treatments
  • Post-test

• Delirium

  • Delirium [pdf]
  • Post-test

• Malnutrition

  • Involuntary Weight Loss in the Elderly
  • Evaluating and Treating Unintentional Weight Loss in the Elderly
  • Post-test

Week 3 - Osteoporosis, Falls, Hip Fractures

• Osteoporosis

  • AMA Osteoporosis Management: The Online Series

• Falls

  • Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons
  • Post-test

• Hip Fractures

  • Hip Fracture - Risk Factors, Preoperative Assessment, and Postoperative Management
  • Post-test

Week 4 - Hospice, Pain Management

• Hospice

  • Clinical Practice: Palliative Care
  • Post-test

• Pain

  • Pain Management in the Older Patient [pdf]
  • Post-test