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Geriatric Education Center Resources. Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, APRN, BC Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. What are Geriatric Education Centers?.
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Geriatric Education Center Resources Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, APRN, BC Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
What are Geriatric Education Centers? • Geriatric Education Centers (GECs) are dedicated to improving the education/training, supply, distribution and quality of health care professionals through strong community-academic partnerships; ultimately to improve the quality of health care for all elderly individuals, including the underserved and minorities
GECs with Curriculum Resources • 50 Geriatric Education Centers funded by HRSA • Goal is for education and dissemination • Often Free Power point presentations, Webcasts or Youtube videos. • Occasionally have costs associated with DVDs or CD Roms Range from $10 to $25 • Planning ahead will be helpful • Organized by competency listings
National Organization of GECs • Most web links are active some are not • http://www.nagec.org/ • http://www.nagec.org/content/gec-clearinghouse • Can search by topic • Type of resource looking for
GEC’s in the US Source: NAGEC.org
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention • Obtains and documents comprehensive and focused physical exam using appropriate assessment instruments: • Activity level • Mobility • Cognition • Nutrition • Neglect and abuse • Sensory impairment • Decision making capacity
Possible Resources http://www.agec.org/programs/vtc/?tape=1 Cancer prevention and screening of older adults. DVD for $15 http://sgec.stanford.edu/training/cultures.html Communicating with Elderly from different cultures Web based and interactive with questions
Cognitive Assessment http://www.elderguru.com/downloads/SLUMS_updated.pdf
Assessment of Health Status http://www.reynolds.med.arizona.edu/EduProducts/podcasts/GetUpAndGo.cfm
Diagnosis of Health Status • http://www.unc.edu/poacases/jefferson/a3.html • Unfolding case with web based video of Ms. Jefferson in the hospital with delirium • http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec/studies/ • Multiple lectures on medical conditions in older adults • http://medinfo.ufl.edu/~gec/coa3/coa3mods.html#mod6 • Synchronized power point presentations.
Diagnosis of Health Status http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec/studies6/
Plan of Care and Implementation of Treatment http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/resources-educators-professionals/geriasims/
Plan of Care and Implementation of Treatment • http://www.agec.org/programs/vtc/?tape=20 • DVD’s available from Arkansas for example: • management of diabetes, • advances in osteoporosis treatment, • dementia management, • pain management
Nurse Practitioner Patient Relationship http://epadgec.jefferson.edu/education3.cfm
Teaching Coaching Function http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-nursing/about/centers/oregon-geriatric-education/upload/Geri-Card-Set-2011-Full.pdf
Professional Role http://epadgec.jefferson.edu/education3.cfm
Managing and Negotiating Health Care Delivery Systems http://www.med.ubc.ca/geriatrics/Geriatrics-andrew/case.html
Monitoring and Ensuring the Quality of Health Care Practice http://medinfo.ufl.edu/~gec/coa3/coa3mods.html#mod6
Cultural and Spiritual Competence • Ethnogeriatric Quiz (Stanford GEC) • http://sgec.stanford.edu/training/questions.html • 8 questions with correct answers provided • 6 unit course on cultural competence in older adults (Western Reserve GEC) • http://www.nethealthinc.com/cultural/introregister.asp
Thank You! pamelaca@nursing.upenn.edu