The Challenge to Come:
The Care of Older Adults
Are you interested in cutting-edge
research and best practices in the care of older adults? This
live webcast investigates how changes in life expectancy have
changed patient populations, the implications of this related
to practice, and resources available to improve professional
practice in the care of the older adult. Join us live for this
exciting presentation featuring: Terrie Wetle, PhD, Immediate
Past President of GSA and Associate Dean of Medicine for Public
Health and Public Policy, Brown University; Nancy A. Stotts,
RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, University of California
San Francisco; Diana J. Mason, RN, PhD, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief
of the American Journal of Nursing; and Mathy Mezey, RN, EdD,
FAAN, Director of the John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric
Nursing. Follow this link to the New Look at the Old series
and more information about the broadcast and how to register:
www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults
This first in a series of 15 Webcasts was
a collaborative effort between the American Journal of Nursing,
the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and PRIMEDIA Healthcare,
sponsored in part through a grant from Atlantic Philanthropies.
The broadcast series is designed to improve the care and well
being of older adults from a multidisciplinary standpoint.
If you have any questions about the broadcast
or the print series, please contact Katherine
Kany, Project Manager.
Assessment tools for nurses
Try This, a publication of the Hartford
Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is a series of assessment tools
(available online) where each issue focuses on a topic specific
to the older adult population. The goal of the series is to
provide knowledge of best practices in the care of older adults
that is:
The content is directed to orient and encourage
all nurses to understand the special needs of older adults and
utilize the highest standards of practice in caring for the
elderly. Each Try This issue is a 2-page document with a description
of why the topic is important when caring for older patients
on the first page, and an assessment tool that can be administered
in 20 minutes or less on the second page.
The Merck Institute of Aging & Health
has added a new feature to its website.
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"Nurse's Notes for Healthy
Aging" is a bi-weekly article written by DeAnne
Zwicker,MS, APRN, BC, a Senior Advisor for the John A. Hartford
Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. |
"Nurse's Notes for Healthy Aging" will
address common issues faced by older adults and their caregivers,
including chronic pain, arthritis, over-the-counter medication
issues, depression and nutrition. The articles will also link
readers to additional online resources that are credible and
accurate.
Even seemingly mild complications after
surgery may radically alter an elderly person’s risk of
dying
The Researchers found that elderly patients who suffered a postoperative
complication were three times as likely to die within 60 days
of hospital admission as those who had no complications. Click
here for more:
Use of potentially inappropriate medications
in patients aged 65 and older continues to be widespread
Despite more than a decade of concern and consensus-based recommendations
against the use of potentially inappropriate medications in the
elderly, 29 percent of HMO enrollees aged 65 and older received
at least 1 of 33 potentially inappropriate medications in 2000-2001.
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here for more:
Study sites several barriers to adoption
of guidelines- recommended osteoporosis care for frail nursing
home residents
Each year, 4 to 5 of ever 100 nursing home residents suffer a
hip fracture, usually due to osteoporosis which is characterized
by a decrease in bone mass and density that makes bones fragile.
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here for more:
Informal care of elderly parents by
adult children limits use of nursing home and other formal care
and shortens hospital stays
Informal care of the elderly by their adult children reduces use
of formal home health care and nursing home care and shortens
hospital stays, according to a study supported in part by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Click
here for more:
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