GeriaCasts
GeriaCasts are video presentations on a wide variety of frequently requested topics in geriatrics, valuable to those who provide care for older adults. These YouTube videos are organized in Age-Friendly (4Ms) categories that you can explore, including What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.
Estimated time: each video is approximately 1 hour long.
Program Outline:
What Matters Most
Know and align care with an older adult's health outcome goals and care preferences including, but not limited to, end-of-life care, and across settings of care.
Video topics include:
- The Family Meeting and Beyond
- Advance Directives in the Context of Decline
- Diagnosis and Management of Pain in Patients with Dementia
- Oral Health Care in Older Adults at the End of Life
- Treatment Decisions in Patients with Advanced Dementia
Medication
If medication is necessary, use Age-Friendly medication that does not interfere with What Matters to the older adult, Mobility, or Mentation across settings of care.
Video topics include:
- Polypharmacy and Deprescribing
- Kidney Function and Medication Dosing Adjustments in the Older Adult
- High Risk Medications: Balancing the Risks and Benefits When Deprescribing
- Deprescribing and Alternative Treatments to Opioids and Anti-Anxiety Medications in Older Adults
- Reducing Risk of Negative Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Beers Criteria Update
- Deprescribing Antipsychotics in Older Adults
Mentation
Prevent, identify, treat, and manage dementia, depression, and delirium across settings of care.
Video topics include:
- Basics of Neuropsychological Testing, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Dementia
- Tips for Visuospatial Dysfunction
- Early Detection of Different Types of Dementia
- Dementia in the Context of Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
Mobility
Ensure that older adults move safely every day in order to maintain function and do What Matters.
Video topics include:
- Medication-Related Falls in Adults Living with Dementia
- Gait and Balance: A Walk in the Park
- Strength and Fatigue with Aging
- Exercise for Older Adults
- Improving Mobility/Disability through Pain Management
- Healthy Aging Strategies to Maximize Mobility, Cognition, and Function