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CWTCH in the community: improving education to reduce adverse outcomes for patients who fall in nursing homes
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2023 Sep 4:1-9. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2255536. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFalls in nursing homes (NH) are common and cause significant morbidity and mortality. We proposed that by improving staff education, the volume of emergency calls, hospital conveyance and adverse patient outcomes could be reduced. An analysis of the volume of emergency calls coded as Falls from January 2020 to February 2022, with 4907 calls in total, 866 were falls (17.65%), further 1032 potential falls (21.07%). A survey was sent to NH to evaluate how staff treated residents who fell and showed that 47% of NH do not ha...
Source: Gerontology and Geriatrics Education - September 5, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alexandra Jayne Burgess Debra Clee Alice Prichburg David James Burberry Leigh Keen Elizabeth Alexandra Davies Source Type: research

Exploring learning needs for community education among older adults from the perspective of active aging: a qualitative study in rural China
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2023 Sep 5:1-15. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2253179. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOlder adults are often excluded from the category of active learning populations in many cultures. However, Active Aging (AA) Framework highlights that regular participation of older adults in community education activities can enhance opportunities for social participation, thereby promoting successful aging within this demographic. This descriptive qualitative study aimed to explore the learning needs for community education among older adults in rural China from the perspective of active aging. Purposive sampling me...
Source: Gerontology and Geriatrics Education - September 5, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Yue Gao Xiaoxiao Mei Yan Zhang Rashida Bibi Yutong Tian Mengke Gao Xiaohua Li Yixin Lu Source Type: research

Assessing clinical frailty scale scoring by junior medical learners on an inpatient geriatrics consultation service
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2023 Sep 3:1-10. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2253180. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is incorporated into our institution's comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). CGAs and CFS scoring are completed by junior medical trainees on the Geriatric consult service. The agreement between CFS score assignment by junior trainees and Geriatrics trained individuals in this setting is unknown. Importantly, these scores assign a frailty level that impacts care pathways. We conducted a retrospective chart review from April-June 2019. A Geriatric medicine subspecialty resident assig...
Source: Gerontology and Geriatrics Education - September 3, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: M Lovett P Koto N Shetty Source Type: research

Learning needs in healthy and active aging according to key stakeholders: a multinational survey
This study reports on the consultation with prospective students, employers, older people and academics on the knowledge areas to be included in the course. An anonymous online survey gathered data from stakeholders in Ireland, Slovenia, Austria, Portugal, Finland, and Greece. Participants ranked the importance of 14 broad knowledge areas and linked topics. The influence of participant characteristics on decisions was examined using multivariate regression modeling. Across all stakeholder groups (total sample N = 757), health promotion was most often deemed very important (80%), followed by psychology (73%), and social inc...
Source: Gerontology and Geriatrics Education - August 30, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Daisy A Wiggin Annalisa Setti Jana Mali Daniela Elisabeth Str öckl Panayota Sourtzi Elina Nevala Benjamin Peni č Vera Zymbal Gra ça Cardadeiro Filomena Carnide F átima Baptista Tony Fitzgerald Suzanne Timmons Source Type: research

Outcomes from an interprofessional, dementia-focused, telementoring program: a brief report
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2023 Aug 30:1-6. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2253175. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite a burgeoning older-adult population, the number of health-care professionals with geriatric expertise continues to lag behind. In 2014, the American Geriatrics Society's position statement encouraged interprofessional training for health-care professionals. Telementoring remotely connects clinicians with specialists for education and group mentoring. This dementia-focused, 11-month, 1-hour each, telementoring program was modeled on the Alzheimer's Association ECHO. Our interprofessional expert panel consisted o...
Source: Gerontology and Geriatrics Education - August 30, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Julianna Fernandez Kathryn S Agarwal Amber B Amspoker Kyler M Godwin Erial Green Sabrina Pickens Jasmin Lindo Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali Source Type: research