Geri-ed Programs

Geriatric Assessment Tools

These web sites are sponsored by educational institutions, agencies and professional associations and have been peered reviewed. The web sites will be updated over time.

Mrs G - Interdisciplinary Care of Older Adults - Web Based Case Project

Case Studies from the Virtual Health Care Team web site, University of Missouri, Columbia

Geriatrics at your Fingertips. - AGS has a number of modules and ability to provide a virtual annual conference experience as well through its web site, www.americangeriatrics.org

Try This, Best Practices in Nursing Care for Older Adults, Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative

Practicing Physicians Education in Geriatrics Tool Kits

Geriatric Depression Scale

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

Geriatric Examination Tool Kit

Assessment Tools in Geriatrics, University of Buffalo

The Burden Interview - The Burden Interview consists of 22 questions designed specifically to reflect the stresses experienced by caregivers of patients with dementia. Various shorter versions have been proposed, but no particular abridged version has been widely tested or endorsed.

The Oral Health Assessment, University of Iowa

Geri-Pearls, University of Nebraska

Merck manuals – On line versions

POGOE (Portal of Geriatric Online Education) - provides a range of materials including: GRECC audio conferences

AMA guide for physicians assessing older drivers

National Department of Transportation Safe Mobility for Older People

Medical Review of the Older Driver presented by Carl Soderstrom, MD, Chief, Medical Advisory Board, Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration