Elder Care Interprofessional Provider Sheets

A Resource for Interprofessional Providers
List of Current Topics by Category

We are in the process of updating the elder care interprofessional provider sheets. As sheets are updated they will be linked for download.

Geriatric Syndromes

Akathisia
Delirium
Dementia – Don’t Forget Dementia
Dementia – Not All Dementia is Alzheimer’s Disease
Depression in Older Adults
Depression in Older Adults – Pharmacotherapy
Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence
Falls: Assessing and Intervening in Fall Risk in Older Adults
Frailty – Older Adults at Risk
Frailty in Patients Undergoing Elective and Emergency Surgery
Frontotemporal Dementia 

Preventing and Managing Delirium in the ICU
Urinary Incontinence – Diagnosis
Urinary Incontinence – Treatment

 

Sensory/mobility Deficits and Communication

Canes
Communication – Communicating with Patients who have Dementia
Communication – Communicating with People Who Have Hearing Loss
Communication – Improving Communication with Older Patients
Conducting Family Meetings
Hearing Aids
Low Vision Aids
Walkers – Choosing the Correct Walker

Common Geriatric Conditions and Diseases

Age-Related Vestibular Disorders: Implications for Older Adult Patients
Anemia of Chronic Disease
Aortic Stenosis
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Chronic Kidney Disease
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Insomnia in Older Adults
Constipation in Older Adults - Outpatient Management
COPD Management in Older Adults with Heart Disease and Diabetes
Dialysis in the Older Adult
Erectile Dysfunction in the Older Patient
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss and Cognitive Assessment
Heart Failure Management – in the Home and Community
Herpes Zoster
HIV/AIDS: Implications for Older Adult Patients
Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia
Hospice Eligibility for Patients with COPD

 

Hypertension - Managing Hypertension in Older Adults
Macular Degeneration
Medication-Induced Hypokalemia: A Common Problem
Multiple Myeloma
Nocturia in Older Adults
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis: Good Bone Gone Bad
Pain - Management of Persistent Pain in Older Adults
Palliative Care of Dyspnea in Patients with Advanced COPD
Parkinson’s Disease
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Pneumonia in Nursing Home Patients (formerly Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia)
Presbyphonia
Pulmonary Function Tests in Older Adults
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Restless Legs Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shoulders: Four Common Shoulder Problems in Older Adults
Sleep in Older Adults
Sleep in Older Adults – Pharmacotherapy

Considerations in Care

ABCDs of Medicare
Activity Scheduling for Depression in Older Adults
Advance Directives
Ageism
Ambiguous Loss
Amyloid Imaging for Alzheimer’s Disease
Animal-Assisted Interventions for Older Adults – Part 1
Animal-Assisted Interventions for Older Adults – Part 2
Anti-TNF Agents for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Older Adults
Anxiety in Older Adults - Pharmacotherapy
Chronic Urinary Catheters – Troubleshooting Blockage
Community Resources for Older Adults
CPR: Advice for Helping Patients and Families Decide
Decreasing Polypharmacy: The Art of Deprescribing
Dehydration
Dentures
Disease Screening in Older Adults: When to Stop
Driving and the Older Adult
Elder Abuse: Clinician Reporting
Elder Abuse: Warning Signs
Ethnic-Cultural Differences End of Life
Fitness to Fly: Older Adults and Air Travel
Geriatric Evaluation
Health Literacy
Health Risks for Family Caregivers
HIPAA and Working with Family Caregivers
Hoarding Disorder
Homelessness and Older Adults

Hyponatremia: Diagnosis
Hyponatremia: Treatment
Integrative Medicine in Elder Care
LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities
LGBT Older Adults: What You Should Know

 

Lung Cancer Screening in Older Adults
Medical Decision Making Capacity
Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
Methadone for Treating Pain in Older Adults
Motivational Interviewing with Older Adults
Music and Communication
Opioids in Older Adults
Oral Care
Overweight and Obesity in Older Adults
Pain in Patients Who Have Heart Failure
Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care
Physical Exercise (the role of) in Cognitive Function
Physical Exercise Guidelines for Older Adults
Preoperative Assessment of Older Adults
Preparatory Grief
Presentation of Common Infections in Older Adults
Psychosis in Dementia - Pharmacotherapy
Religion & End of Life Part 1: How Different Religions View the End of Life
Religion & End of Life Part 2: Respecting a Patient’s Religious Values Near the End of Life
Resilience in Aging
Sexual Health – Part 1: Tips for Taking a Geriatric Sexual History
Sexual Health – Part 2: Common Concerns, Chronic Disease, and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Spiritual Assessment
Spiritual Needs of Hospitalized Older Adults
Statin Therapy for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Older Adults
Substance Abuse in Older Adults
Suicide Prevention in Older Adults

Understanding Advance Directives
Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care

Interprofessional care improves the outcomes of older adults with complex health problems


Editor-in-Chief: Mindy J. Fain, MD
Interprofessional Editors: Christine Childers, PT, PhD; Julia Cremer, MD; Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASHP, AGSF;
Lisa M. O’Neill, DBH, MPH; Michelle Vuke, RDN, CSG, CDCES; Lorraine Yentzer, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CHPN; Nicole Yuan, PhD, MPH


The University of Arizona Center on Aging, PO Box 245027, Tucson, AZ 85724-5027 | info@aging.arizona.edu | https://aging.arizona.edu


This project has been supported by various grants over the years including: the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration - Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, and the University of Arizona Center on Aging