Living in Long-Term Care Today
This recorded webinar series is for residents, family members, and professional caregivers in long-term care.
Dementia Detection and Caregiving Challenges in the Black and African American Communities
This virtual event was a learning opportunity for providers, healthcare professionals, people living with dementia, and caregivers. Participants learned about the disparities in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s diseases and other dementias, and caregiver challenges in Black and African American communities.
February 28, 2023 Event Materials
This virtual presentation was a no-cost learning opportunity for providers, healthcare professionals, people living with dementia and caregivers. Participants learned about the disparities in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s diseases and other dementias, and caregiver challenges in Black and African American communities.
Program Objectives
- Discuss the disparities with Alzheimer’s disease in Black and African American communities
- Describe the experiences of Black and African Americans who are impacted by dementia and their care partners
- Identify resources and behavioral techniques for people living with dementia and their care partners
Summary of Event
12:05 – 12:35 pm Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia | Lakeitha Sims, MS
Recording | Slides
12:40 – 1:25 pm Sleep as Self-Care | Glenna Brewster Glasgow, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
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1:35 – 2:20 pm Health Disparities & Inequalities in Alzheimer’s and Dementia | Beverly Berry, MA, CHES
Recording | Slides
2:30 – 3:15 pm Decision-Making Among Black Caregivers | Quinton D. Cotton, PhD, MSSA
Recording | Slides
3:30 – 4:00 pm Panel Discussion with Presenters | Gunjan Manocha, PhD, and Nikki Wegner, MS, OT
Recording
Age-Friendly Healthcare for American Indian Elders Symposium
This virtual symposium is a free learning opportunity for providers, healthcare professionals, and community workers applying Age-Friendly Healthcare in American Indian populations.
April 10, 2024 Materials
Event Recordings
Improving Health through Collaborating with Traditional Medicine
Frederick K. Ness, MD, St. Croix Chippewa Indian of Wisconsin
The History and Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools
Denise Lajimodiere, EdD, MEd, BS, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Enhancing Engagement in Motion: Exploring Barriers, Facilitators, and Innovative Approaches for Indigenous Elders
Lavonne Fox, PhD, OTR/L, University of North Dakota
Indigenized Traumatic Grief and Loss
Tami Jollie-Trottier, PhD, Indigenized Behavioral Healing
March 24, 2023 Materials
Event Videos and Slides
- The Aging Brain
Tami Jollie-Trottier, PhD, Indigenized Behavioral Healing
Slides - Mind, Thinking, and Memory in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Jordan P. Lewis, PhD, MSW, Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth
Slides - Multifactorial Causation & Risk Reduction of Dementia: Indigenous Histories, Current Pathologies, and Prevention Potentials
Joseph Neil Henderson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health University of Minnesota Medical School
Slides - American Indian Medicinal Plants for Menopause: Collaboration with Urban Indigenous Women
Tristesse Burton, PhD, MSL, Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Scholar, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Slides - Cultural Aspects of Care
Donald Jurivich, DO, Chair of Geriatrics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Slides
April 8, 2022 Materials
Age-friendly healthcare involves using evidence-based practice and awareness of older adult’s health care based on the framework of Geriatrics 4Ms: What Matters, Mentation, Medication, and Mobility. This half day symposium hosted regional experts who discussed incorporation of each of the 4Ms in patient care specific for American Indian populations over zoom webinar. This FREE activity provided up to four educational credits.
Summary of Event
8:00 – 9:00 am What Matters to American Indian Elders | Tami Jollie-Trottier, PhD, Indigenized Behavioral Healing
9:15 – 10:15 am Training Providers to Educate Caregivers of Native Elders with Dementia | Jordan P. Lewis, PhD, MSW, Associate Director, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team – Health Equity, Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus
10:30 – 11:30 am Guiding Healthcare for Elders | Monica Mayer, MD, Council Women and Physician, Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Hospital
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Gait and Mobility Disturbances in Dementia | Blythe S. Winchester, MD, MPH, CMD, AGSF, Director of Geriatrics Services, Cherokee Indian Hospital, Certified Medical Director, Tsali Care Center, Chief Clinical Consultant, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Indian Health Service
Partners
College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota
March 30-31 Event Materials
Geriatrics problems are common but often under recognized in health care. More than 80% of older adults with memory impairment go unrecognized by their primary care providers. Nearly two-thirds of older adults at risk for falls have no mitigating healthcare plan. To address this gap, Age-Friendly Care adopts evidence-based practice through the Geriatrics 4Ms: What Matters, Mentation, Medication, and Mobility.
Sponsored by Dakota Geriatrics, this symposium program brought regional experts together to discuss the Geriatrics 4Ms in patient care specific for American Indian populations in the Great Plains.
Mobility Assessments and Action Plans
Meridee Danks, DPT, NCS
University of North Dakota
Slides
Isolation and Loneliness
Tami Jollie-Trottier, PhD
Indigenized Behavioral Healing, Belcourt, North Dakota
Brain Health and Dementia Prevention
J. Neil Henderson, PhD
University of Minnesota
What Matters
Donald Jurivich, DO
Chair of Geriatrics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Functional Mobility for the Joy of Living
Lavonne Fox, PhD, OTR/L and Sclinda Janssen PhD, OTR/L
University of North Dakota
Slides | Handout
Overview of Age Friendly 4Ms Framework
Donald Jurivich, DO
University of North Dakota
Slides
What Matters
John Eagle Shield
(Retired) Director, Standing Rock
Slides
Aging vs. Dementia
Jacque Gray, PhD
University of North Dakota
Slides
Prescription Management with Traditional Indigenous Medications
Nicole Redvers, ND, MPH
University of North Dakota
2020 – Project ECHO Archives
November 2020 – What Matters: Decisional Making Capacity
Presented by Jason Karlawish, MD
September 2020 – Describing Medications in Geriatrics Patients
Presented by Rebecca Brynjulson, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP
August 2020 – Mobility: Prescription for Physical Activity
Presented by Rebecca Brynjulson, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP
July 2020 – What Matters, Beyond POLST
Presented by Jon Berg, MD, CMD; Jacque Gray, PhD; & Nancy Joyner, MS, CNS-BC, APRN, ACHPN
May 2020 – Polypharmacy & Medication Deprescribing
Presented by Mark Dewey, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
2021 – Project ECHO Archives
September 2021 – Improving Medication Use in Geriatrics Patients
Presented by Rebecca Brynjulson, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP
July 2021 – Addressing Functional Abilities
Presented by Sclinda L. Janssen, PhD, OTR/L, CLA
May 2021 – Adverse Drug Reactions in Geriatrics
Presented by Rebecca Brynjulson, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP
April 2021 – Home Safety Assessments: Evidence-Based Strategies to Decrease Falls and Improve Mobility
Presented by Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L CLT
March 2021 – Advance Care Planning: What Matters Most
Presented by Lindsey Dahl MD, FACP, Marsha Nygaard, RN
February 2021 – Traumatic Brain Injury and Older Adults
Presented by Rebecca Quinn, LMSW, CBIST
2022 – Project ECHO Archives
December 2022 – Fall Risk Assessment and Management
Presented by Meridee Danks, DPT, University of North Dakota
October 2022 – Psychosocial & Spiritual Needs of Older Adults
Presented by Yi-Ping Hsieh, PhD, LBSW, University of North Dakota
September 2022 – Medication Reconciliation
Presented by North Dakota State University Pharmacy
August 2022 – Interprofessional Functional Assessment Basic Activities of Daily Living (BADLS) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) for Older Adults
Presented by Sclinda Janssen, PhD, OTR/L, CLA, FAOTA
June 2022 – Interprofessional Assessment and Management Strategies for Older Adults with Delirium, Dementia, or Depression
Presented by Sclinda Janssen, PhD, OTR/L, CLA, FAOTA
May 2022 – Vaccinations, Immunotherapy, and Medications for COVID-19
Presented by Michelle Benson, PharmD, MPH
February 2022 – Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders with Aging
Presented by James K. Wyatt, PhD, DABSM, FAASM, DBSM
2023 – Project ECHO Archives
View previous teleECHO topics from 2023
March 2023 – Interprofessional Collaboration with Fall Risk Home Evaluation and Intervention
Presented by Sclinda Janssen, PhD, OTR/L, University of North Dakota
February 2023 – Communication in Older Adults
Presented by Jessica Foley, Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of North Dakota
Age-Friendly Health Systems
Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).
Age-Friendly Health Systems aim to:
- Follow an essential set of evidence-based practices;
- Cause no harm; and
- Align with What Matters to the older adult and their family caregivers.
https://www.ihi.org/networks/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems
National POLST Paradigm
A POLST form tells all health care providers during a medical emergency what you want.
Learn more at https://polslt.org