CATCH-ON

Educating older adults, families, and health professionals to prepare a geriatric collaborative workforce optimizing patient-centered health outcomes

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This month we extend a thank you and a happy #SocialWorkMonth to the social workers doing pivotal work for the aging community.

From inpatient to outpatient, wraparound care and nursing facilities, social workers provide vital care and advocacy for our older community members https://t.co/yNlnZ5cBIp

[National Center for Equitable Care for Elders @NationalECE]

This webinar is open to all registrants + will focus on disparities in substance use disorder screening and treatment experienced by older adults, which disproportionately increases their risk of physical harm.
Join us and learn more⬇️
https://t.co/I2KRoZFwJM

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@NCOAging hosts its 7th Annual Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium May 2nd!

This free virtual event will feature an engaging plenary on a diverse topics addressing the most pressing needs in older adult mental health.

Register now! https://t.co/sGlADTQrhZ

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Join @alzassociation and @MATTERhealth 3/19 for a pitch competition on cutting-edge innovations increasing access to quality, person-centered care for underserved people living with Alzheimer's.
https://t.co/xVggWeOHwG

[Gerontological Society of America (GSA) @geronsociety]

#BlackHistoryMonth in The Gerontologist: Turning It Over to God: African American Assisted Living Residents’ End-of-Life Preferences and Advance Care Planning @BlackInGeron @DiverseGero @OxfordJournals @GeronMedia @ToniaPoteat https://t.co/8q8IlVZS0u

[National Center for Equitable Care for Elders @NationalECE]

This webinar (4/10) will focus on disparities in substance use disorder screening + treatment experienced by older adults. Participants will review age-friendly principles of care that encourage early identification + recovery management in older patients

https://t.co/I2KRoZFwJM

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African Americans are disproportionately affected by dementia and are twice as likely to develop late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease than White Americans.

Learn more with the vital research @E4Center compiled in their Winter 2024 Newsletter: https://t.co/OwmPxQ1u37

#dementia

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Applications are closing **January 25** for the CATCH-ON and @E4Center Older Adult Mental Health Certificate intensive training this April!

Join like-minded practitioners from across the U.S. for this unique experience: https://t.co/CoY8ebF0FG

#olderadults #mentalhealth

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The average age of grandparents is getting older and their roles have hardly ever been more diverse. Learn more about how the lives of grandparents are changing: https://t.co/gTBzwey27s

#family #grandparents #aging

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Don’t miss @samhsagov GAINS Center’s national webinar on 1/30: "Responding to a Growing Demographic: Supporting Older Adult Populations within the Criminal Justice System”.

Register now! https://t.co/0BbRuOXgHC

#olderadults #justicesystem #mentalhealth #aging

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Use this #DryJanuary as a chance to ask older adults in your practice and in your community about the role substances play in their lives.

Not sure where to start? Try these tips from @NCOAging: https://t.co/hJNVmKaY2p

#DryJanuary #OlderAdults #SUD #Alcohol #HealthyAging

[National Center for Equitable Care for Elders @NationalECE]

The @E4Center Rush and the @CATCH_ON_GWEP will be hosting an in-person 3 day intensive training program for healthcare licensed clinicians (with a minimum of a master’s degree) who aspire to build foundational competency in older adult mental health. ⬇️

https://t.co/PhtbUVqEOy

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Sometimes #Delirium prevention can be simple.

Help orient patients by providing glasses and amplification devices for those that need them can improve their orientation and reduce risk of delirium.

Find out more here: https://t.co/vmfggVQrwv

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Many people living with grief can find the holiday memories and holiday stress to be especially overwhelming.

There's no one right approach, but click below for some tips on how to deal with grief in the holiday season: https://t.co/JLRX0hWRTH

#grief #aging #holidays

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Along with snowy days and holiday cheer, the winter chill can bring serious health risks for older people especially.

To help keep the older adults in your practice and your personal life safe, share these #coldsafety tips from @NIHAging : https://t.co/pSST2vZN2o

#aging

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Strength training improves physical function among older adults with heart failure. doi:10.1111/jgs.16428

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Addressing the Rising Mental Health Needs of an Aging Population is the latest workshop from @theNASEM.

Improve the preparedness of your health system to meet older adults' needs with this poignant material: https://t.co/cjChfFBM0s

#mentalhealth #olderadults

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This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, improve your understanding of disability in American Indian and Alaska Native communities with this guide from the @NICOA_Aging : https://t.co/LS9bxCbNY9

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To help enable people to age healthily and joyously.

This is a key part of CATCH-ON's mission, and one that one of our leaders had a chance to lend her voice to. Read her insight on expressing our needs honestly and other key facets of aging well: https://t.co/aMzgpoSLGl