Leading-Edge Care & Services: Health Care
The Health Aging Bulletin Board 12 Month Kit
This kit provides “ready-to-use” materials to completely set up professional and accurate monthly bulletin boards on key preventative care topics appropriate for your community. The full kit has a year’s worth of information and tools about Medicare preventive health benefits. Each month has a different health topic theme. This valuable resource is available to AAHSA members for $149.
ConsultGeriRn
ConsultGeriRn is improving the quality of health care older adults receive by enhancing the geriatric competence –
the knowledge, skills and attitudes – of the 400,000 nurses who are professionally identified as members of approximately 57
specialty nursing associations.
The International Council on Active Aging
The International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA) connects a community of like-minded professionals who share the goals of changing society's perceptions of aging and improving the quality of life for aging Baby Boomers and older adults within the six dimensions of wellness. The council supports these professionals with education, information, resources and tools, so they can achieve optimal success with this growing market.
Managing the Continuum: A Medical Perspective
Ask a geriatrician what he or she does, and the answer will probably suggest a pretty good definition of a continuum of care for the aged. Read this article to understand a doctor's point of view on aging services.
Pain is No Joke!
… but joking around about pain can be an effective strategy in pain management education.
Good Housing and Good Health: Why Not Have Both?
More than a century after the United States first recognized a connection between clean, safe living conditions and improved
health, many housing communities serving older adults have gone beyond the basics, initiating programs that
promote residents' spiritual and emotional well-being as well as tending to their physical health.
Deaf Elders Find a Home on their Own
Creative providers are serving the special needs of these seniors.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is a reliable source of energy, knowledge, and support for a never-ending campaign to improve health care worldwide. The Institute helps accelerate change in health care by cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care and turning those ideas into action.
Last Updated : 6/30/2008 4:48:48 PM