Resources for Older Adults
Title | Available As | Summary | Date | ID | Author |
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Taking Care of the Caregiver: Strategies for Reducing Stress | When caregivers are asked to talk about the stress in their lives, they frequently identify their emotions first rather than a specific problem or situation. While recognizing emotions is an important step to maintaining positive emotional health, identifying the situations or events that are problematic is the key to managing stress and preventing caregiver burnout. |
Feb 1, 2024 | 350-230 (FCS-129) | ||
Long-distance Care-Giving: Five Steps to Providing Effective Care | Long-distance care may begin slowly with simple tasks such as listening to a problem over the telephone or helping with household chores during a visit. It can also start suddenly in response to a medical crisis. Regardless of how care begins, the role of the long-distance carer is likely to evolve over time as the needs of their loved one change. |
Aug 26, 2024 | 350-231 (FCS-133) | ||
Elder Abuse Alert - Considerations About A Hidden Problem | May 1, 2009 | 350-251 | |||
Choosing Community-Based Services for Older Adults and Their Families | When we need assistance, studies suggest there is a pattern to our help-seeking behaviors. For help during short periods of time, we generally turn first to our informal network (spouse and children, followed by friends and neighbors). When help is needed over long periods of time, we tend to turn to a formal network of agencies and organizations for assistance (Suitor and Pillemer, 1990). |
Aug 26, 2024 | 350-252 (FCS-130P) | ||
Substitute Decisions By and For Older Adults and Their Families | This publication provides information about basic concepts and approaches used in making decisions on behalf of others or planning for ones own future needs. Read on to understand important concepts about decision making and strategies, including representative payees, powers of attorney, trusts, and guardianship. |
Aug 26, 2024 | 350-253 (FCS-131P) | ||
Bed Bug Action Plan for Dialysis Centers | Mar 1, 2023 | ENTO-542NP | |||
Bed Bug Action Plan for Home Healthcare and In-home Hospice Care Workers | This fact sheet is an action plan intended to educate and guide home care assistance workers and in-home hospice care workers in bed bug prevention when dealing with infested clients so that bed bugs are not spread to their homes, vehicles, offices, or other clients' homes. |
Jun 21, 2023 | ENTO-563NP | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 1 | Intergenerational programs are most effective when staff members of the adult and child programs collaborate to plan activities. Practically speaking, collaborating takes a concerted effort. Merely setting aside time to discuss plans is a hurdle. Children and adults of different ages have different interests, strengths, and needs. Staff members can review the developmental strengths and needs of children and adults in the program to inform activities for the two age groups. Staff members benefit from their partner’s expertise, which makes planning easier. Participants will benefit from plans that best match their interests and abilities. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-34P (FCS-80P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 2 | Intergenerational programs are most effective when participants are involved in decision-making about the activity and during activities. When activities are offered, adults and children should have the choice of deciding if and how to be involved. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-35P (FCS-89P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 3 | May 8, 2019 | FCS-36P (FCS-90P) | |||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 4 | Intergenerational programs are most effective when participants are prepared ahead of time and reflect on activities afterward. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-37P (FCS-81P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 5 | A social history is basically the accounting of an individual’s life — their interests, career, relationships, the ways they have coped, and how they have defined themselves. |
May 1, 2019 | FCS-38P (FCS-82P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 6 | Although all children are different, there is a predictable sequence in their development. Age- and role-appropriate educational opportunities are critical to a quality early childhood education program. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-39P (FCS-83P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 7 | The partners in intergenerational programs are the adults and the children. Individually, children may not have developed particular skills in their thinking or motor functioning. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-40P (FCS-84P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 8 | Successful programs carefully design the physical space, the program, and related policies to be flexible. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-41P (FCS-85P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 9 | Intergenerational programs are most effective when facilitators consider the social environment, including the role of staff members. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-42P (FCS-86P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 10 | There is a chance that clients in an intergenerational program will need adaptive equipment. The primary reason to consider adaptive equipment is to remove barriers to participation. |
May 3, 2019 | FCS-43P (FCS-87P) | ||
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 11 | Documentation starts with careful observation, then evolves into a display of learning processes. Documentation has grown in popularity as a way to review children’s work at various stages of completion. Photographs, work samples, transcripts of conversations, and comments accompany the display. This documentation is then shared with parents as well as discussed among teachers. |
May 1, 2019 | FCS-44P (FCS-88P) | ||
Learning in Families Together: Aging* | May 8, 2019 | FCS-55P | |||
Beating Stress: Challenges, Choices, Changes | Stress comes in many forms. There are normal and
predictable stressors, such as a new job, getting married,
or moving. |
May 8, 2020 | FCS-68P | ||
Aging With Dignity | Life expectancy has increased dramatically in the past 100 years: 1 in every 8 Americans is age 65 or older. For most, this means an increase in the number of healthy years.
Chronological age differs from biological age. How will you age? What do you know about care options? Will you be responsible for others as they age? |
May 8, 2020 | FCS-70P | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites - December 2021 Newsletter | Dec 1, 2021 | HNFE-1002NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites January 2022 Newsletter | Jan 1, 2022 | HNFE-1009NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites February 2022 Newsletter | Feb 1, 2022 | HNFE-1010NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites March 2022 Newsletter | Nov 30, 2022 | HNFE-1011NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites April 2022 Newsletter | Apr 1, 2022 | HNFE-1012NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites May 2022 Newsletter | Dec 6, 2022 | HNFE-1013NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites July 2022 Newsletter | Jul 1, 2022 | HNFE-1015NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites August 2022 Newsletter | Nov 30, 2022 | HNFE-1076NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites September 2022 Newsletter | Nov 30, 2022 | HNFE-1077NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites October 2022 Newsletter | Dec 7, 2022 | HNFE-1078NP | |||
Buzz, Body & Bites November 2022 | Learn about the history of the turkey as part of the traditional Thanksgiving meal in this issue of the Buzz, Body, & Bites Newslette. Get a chuckle out of our Thanksgiving jokes and check out the delicious Holiday Root Vegetable Roast recipe. |
Jan 17, 2023 | HNFE-1081NP | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites February 2023 | This issue of the Buzz, Body, & Bites newsletter provides practical guidance on financial management. It also includes a great soup recipe, and recommendations for how to get physical activity. |
Feb 1, 2023 | HNFE-1085NP | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites March 2023 | This issue of Buzz, Body, & Bites aligns with the National Nutrition Month theme of "Fueling ourselves for the Future". The issue discusses ways to consume healthy foods in a sustainable way. |
Mar 1, 2023 | HNFE-1086NP | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites April 2023 | This issue of the Buzz, Body, & Bites newsletter provides information about gardening, and the benefits to health and quality of life. It also includes a recipe for parmesan asparagus, which is an early vegetable. |
Apr 1, 2023 | HNFE-1087NP | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites May 2023 | This issue of the Buzz, Body, & Bites newsletter discusses how to eat more locally grown foods, and the benefits to your community. |
May 1, 2023 | HNFE-1088NP | ||
Consideration for Designing an Exercise Class for Older Adults | This is a step by step guide to designing an exercise class for older adults with specific modifications or cautions to consider. |
Jan 8, 2024 | HNFE-1093NP | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites January 2024 | In this issue: Introduction to the 8 dimensions of wellness, Programs that Support the Dimensions of Wellness, Collards with Pineapple & Ginger, and Exercise: Wide Leg Squat |
Nov 19, 2024 | HNFE-1112NP | ||
Buzz, Body & Bites February 2024 | In this issue: DASH for Your Heart, What to Eat on the DASH Diet, Apple Nachos for One, Standing Leg Curl |
Nov 20, 2024 | HNFE-1113NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites March 2024 Issue | In this issue: Coping with a Money C.R.U.N.C.H., Financial Health and The Dimensions of Wellness, Vegetable quesadilla, Exercise: Overhead Press |
Nov 21, 2024 | HNFE-1114NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites April 2024 Issue | In this issue: Qigong for Healthy Aging: The Cleaning Breath, Spiritual wellness, Lemon Basil Ginger Ale, Exercise: Bicep Curl |
Nov 14, 2024 | HNFE-1115NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites May 2024 Issue | In this issue: Creating Beautiful Spaces to Enhance Well-being and Healthy Aging, Environmental Wellness, Fresh Berry Caprese Salad, Exercise: Knee Extension |
Nov 22, 2024 | HNFE-1116NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites June 2024 Issue | In this issue: Social Wellness for a Healthy Lifestyle, Social Wellness, Couscous Chicken, Exercise: Wall Angels |
Nov 22, 2024 | HNFE-1117NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites August 2024 Issue | In this issue: Intellectual Wellness, Neuroplasticity, and Connection; Opportunities for Lifelong Learning; Beet & White Bean Salad; Exercise: Wall Squats |
Dec 5, 2024 | HNFE-1118NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites September 2024 Issue | Dec 17, 2024 | HNFE-1119NP | |||
Buzz, Body, & Bites October 2024 Issue | In this issue: Origin of Pumpkins in Halloween and other Tales, HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN, Diane Sutton’s Pecan Pumpkin Pie, Fall Prevention Exercise: Wide Leg Stance |
Dec 18, 2024 | HNFE-1120NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites November 2024 Issue | In this issue: Emotional Wellness, Emotional Wellness Checklist, Thanksgiving Turkey Tips, Fall Prevention Exercise: Single Leg Lift |
Dec 20, 2024 | HNFE-1121NP | ||
Buzz, Body, & Bites December 2024 Issue | In this issue: How to Build Resilience in Your Life, 6 Strategies to Build Resilience, Peanut Butter Caramel Corn, Fall Prevention Exercise: Toe Stand |
Dec 20, 2024 | HNFE-1122NP | ||
Buzz, Bodies & Bites - October 2021 Newsletter | Oct 1, 2021 | HNFE-982NP | |||
Therapeutic Gardening | Dec 12, 2022 | HORT-66NP (SPES-432NP) |