Infusing Geropsychiatric Nursing into Curricula - Resources for Teaching Key Concept III.A. (Approach to Older Adults: Age-Related Adaptations)
Clinicians caring for patients with mental health issues must be aware of the impact of aging and age-and-disease related changes on mental illness and its expression. Interventions will need to be tailored or adapted to respond the changes that commonly occur in late life. An example would be taking into consideration sensory/perceptual function and cognitive status. Other important elements to consider are older adults’ comfort with technology and health literacy. Nurses must educate patients, families and peers about these changes and adaptations for self-care, teaching, and other interventions.
This product contains resources that address the following:
- Advance care planning
- Caregiving
- Cognition
- Dementia
- Life span planning
- Vital aging
Increase knowledge about the impact of aging and age-and-disease related changes on expression of mental health & illness and adapted interventions.
Each of the 27 products based on the Key Concepts provides access to curriculum/teaching materials to assist faculty to infuse the geropsychiatric nursing competency enhancements into course objectives, teaching strategies, didactic content, and/or clinical experiences of relevant educational programs. These include entry level and advanced practice nursing programs in psychiatric-mental health, adult/gerontological, family, women’s health or acute care, or stand-alone geropsychiatric nursing or continuing education courses. The resources may be adapted for use with a range of learners, as indicated in each description. Each resource has been identified as appropriate to teaching the Key Concept and is described in detail.