Gerontologic Clinical Information

The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing welcomes you to see our first two issues of the Try This Dementia Series available in downloadable Palm PDA format. The Try This Dementia Series is provided by the Hartford Institue in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association. Access Try This for Palm-based PDAs from Hartford Institute website. Do You

Know About Function and Older Adults?

The expectation should be that, irrespective of age, older adults are functionally independent. Of people 65 and over, only 6.2% need help with personal care. Functional dependence is higher in the very old with 22% of people 85 and over needing help with personal care as compared with 3% of people aged 65 to 74, but even in the very old, people who are functionally dependent still represent a small number of older adults. Learn more about function and older adults by visiting www.GeroNurseOnline.org and select Function from the Geriatric Topic menu. AARP is offering free promotional copies of the new edition of their Thesaurus of Aging Terminology, 8th ed., 2005 on request from ageline@aarp.org. The Thesaurus provides a controlled vocabulary for searching AARP's AgeLine Database, as well as indicating current terminology in the field of social gerontology and aging issues.

AgeLine summarizes articles, books, reports, and dissertations, and can be searched free at www.aarp.org/ageline or on many academic and health web sites.

AJN series on care of older adults--called A New Look at the Old

The Atlantic Philanthropies has awarded two grantsto increase the knowledge and skills of those providing care to older adults. Information about the care of those over 65, derived from cutting-edge research and best practices, is now available to nurses and other providers in either print format or streaming video, at any time and at no cost, through this series called A New Look at the Old. Click here to find out more.

One Stop for Education Materials for Gerontology