Adult/Gerontological Health Care I

Resources

Week 1

• National guideline clearinghouse
• AHRQ Guidelines
• Robert Wood Johnson Chronic Care Resource Site: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/
• Cochrane reviews

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Week 2

EENT: 

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology: Allergic Disorders http://www.aaaai.org/members/cme_ce/allergicdisorders/case1.stm
• Ophthalmology: The Red Eye, University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook
• http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/familymedicine/FPHandbook/Chapter19/02-19.html
• CDC, Infectious Disease Guidelines.  Click on Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Resistance http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/guidelines/guidelines_topic.htm

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Week 3

Health Promotion Topics;

• Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (1996)
• Put Prevention into Practice Guidelines (PPIP)
  good clinical practice tools

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Week 4

• National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/ (click on eye disease simulations).
• Sensory Changes in the Older Adult:  The Elderly Driver 

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Week 5

Dermatology: 

• Dermatology Atlas
  Good visuals. To view a variety of lesions, click first on either Body Location or Lesion Type. Then click on pictures for further detail 
• Dermatology Image Bank 
  includes good visuals, notes, and great "self-quiz" with answers

Nutrition Topics:

• Older Americans Nutrition Program Toolkithttp://www.fiu.edu/%7Enutreldr/OANP_Toolkit/OANP_Toolkit_homepage.htm
• Administration on Aging Fact Sheets/Teaching Sheets

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Week 6

• NIMH Depression Fact Sheet http://www.nimh.nih.gov/HealthInformation/elderlydepsuicide.cfm
• Depression Overview http://www.alzheimers.org/pubs/depress.html
• Depression Tool Kit http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/depression.shtml
• Substance Abuse, (neat College Health web site) http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/prevention/welcome.htm

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Week 7

• Men's Health Issues: An Update on BPH and Prostate Cancer http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/447174

   

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Week 8

• STDs, CDC guidelines
• STD's
  brief reviews, visual aides
• Contraceptive Guide

Week 9

• Urinary Tract Infection, Medscape Review Articles UTI: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/423482?src=search
• UTI in older adults: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/481627?src=search
• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding,  American Family Physician, April 2004 http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040415/1915.html
• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Postgraduate Medicine Online http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2001/01_01/kilbourn.htm

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Week 10

• National Parkinson's Foundation
• Medscape, Parkinsons Disease Resource Center http://www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/resourcecenters/public/parkinsons/rc-parkinsons.ov

Fall and gait disturbances

• U.S. Fall Prevention Programs for Seniors - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Includes home safety checklist http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/falls/default.htm
• AGS Falls Protocol http://www.americangeriatrics.org/news/media_adv_5.shtml

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Week 11

• National Headache Foundation http://www.headaches.org/professional/educationindex.html
• Headache Resources, Patient Education Materials http://ahsnet.org/resources/patient.php
• National Stroke Association 
• American Stroke Association professional education materials

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Week 12

• Alzheimer’s Association
  http://www.alz.org/
• Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery, Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (ADEAR) http://www.alzheimers.org/unraveling/index.htm
• Caregiver guide Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (ADEAR) http://www.alzheimers.org/caregiving/index.htm

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Week 13

Musculoskeletal

• AA Orthopedic Surgeons, Patient Education
  Provides a number of excellent patient resources on a wide range of related topics

•  UCSD SOM Good practical ortho exam –pictures and write-up http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/Joints.html

• Sports Medicine Advisor Index http://www.medformation.com/ac/crssma.nsf/file/sma_indexA

   

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Week 15

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Week 16

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Resources Listed by Topic

Practice Standards

• National guideline clearinghouse
  
• AHRQ Guidelines
  
• Cochrane reviews

Selected Texts/References

• Merck Manual
• Merck Manual of Geriatrics
• Introduction to Radiology, University of Iowa
• University of Florida- Physical Exam Study Guides
• EKG Self-Study

Sensory Alterations

• Handbook of Ocular Disease Management http://www.revoptom.com/handbook/hbhome.htm  (this site is a bit slow, but pictures are worth it)
• National Eye Institute
  good patient education resources
• Hearing/Ear Infections National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/index.asp
• Low Vision Web Site http://www.lowvision.org/low_vision_rehabilitation.htm
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GenitoUrinary

• STD's
  brief reviews, visual aides
• Contraceptive Guide
• What You Should Know About...Prostate Health http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/415108
• Men's Health Issues: An Update on BPH and Prostate Cancer http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/447174
• Urinary Tract Infection, Medscape Review Article http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/1920

Dermatology/Skin Problems

• Dermatology Atlas
  good visuals
• Dermatology Image Bank 
  includes good visuals and great "self-quiz" available

Neuro, Selected Topics 

• National Stroke Association 
• American Stroke Association professional education materials
• Stroke, Patient Education Materials, American Heart Association---

Headache/Parkinson’s Disease 

• National Headache Foundation
• http://www.headaches.org/professional/educationindex.html
• Headache Resources, Patient Education Materials
• http://ahsnet.org/resources/patient.ph
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• National Parkinson's Foundation

Alzheimer's Disease

• Alzheimer’s Association
  http://www.alz.org/
• A Guide for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (on-line text)
  http://www.agingkansas.org/kdoa/publications/alzheimers/index.htm
• Caregiver guide Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (ADEAR) http://www.alzheimers.org/caregiving.htm

Psychiatric Topics

• Assessing Psychiatric Illness in Geriatric Patients (Delirium)
• Aging and Depression, Patient Education, (NIH)
• Anxiety Disorders, NIMH
• Suicide in the Elderly, NIMH
• Substance Abuse, Neat College Health web site
• http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/prevention/welcome.htm

Musculoskeletal

• AA Orthopedic Surgeons, Patient Education
  Provides a number of excellent patient resources on a wide range of related topics
• Sports Related Injury Page
  good review site
• On-line Textbook of Orthopedics
  great resource (use the Ortho Menu at the top of the page

Infections, General

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• CDC, Infectious Disease Guidelines, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/guidelines/guidelines_topic.htm

Nursing Facility/Home Health Information

• NINR, The Quality of Home Care
• NINR, The Quality of Nursing Home Care
• NINR, Family Caregiving

Miscellaneous

• Alternative Medicine Website
• Administration on Aging
• American Geriatrics Society
• The National Conference of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (NCGNP)
• Hartford Foundation for Geriatric Nursing
• Kansas Department on Aging

General

• AAFP Practice Management
• Administration on Aging, Statistics on Older Adults
• AARP, Profile of Older Americans
• ANA position Statements
• Links to Healthcare Sites, General
• Yahoo Health Search