| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| Keeping Older Adult Drivers Safe: An Initiative To Increase Safety Screening In Primary Care |
2023 |
120 |
Background: With the growing older adult population, and increased prevalence of driving longer, safety is an important consideration. Changes commonly experienced by seniors impact driving ability and the economic burden is great. Older adult driver... |
| Implementation of a Fall Prevention Program to Decrease Falls in a Skilled Nursing Unit |
2023 |
566 |
Background: Falls among older adults continue to climb in concerning numbers. Purpose: Utilizing the Fall TIPS Poster Toolkit as a communication tool and implementing hourly rounds are two fall prevention interventions designed to decrease the number... |
| Implementing a Fall Prevention Education Program in Long-Term Care |
2023 |
381 |
Background: Providing a safe environment helps older adults to have a better quality of life.When older adults fall, they are at increased risk of another fall. Older adults on locked unitsexperience higher fall rates than patient on nonlocked units.... |
| Implementing a Delirium Assessment Tool to Increase Routine Assessment for Hospice Patients |
2023 |
142 |
Background: Hospice care focuses on palliation for individuals in the last six months of life. Delirium is highly prevalent in this population and negatively impacts hospice patients, families, and clinicians. Delirium is often unrecognized, and rese... |
| Improving Health Literacy to Promote Hypertension Self-Management in the Primary Care Setting |
2023 |
390 |
Background: Hypertension carries a significant burden with nearly one third of U.S. adults having high blood pressure. Hypertension carries a significant cost of treatment and has been recognized a one of the highest burdens and threats to the medica... |