MyPyramid provides a guideline for ensuring overall health and quality nutrition in the elderly. By watching this video, caregivers and seniors will become familiar with the themes presented in “Healthier Communities with MyPyramid,” including the basic food groups, physical activity, and the key messages of variety, balance, and the importance of fiber. Participants will understand how following the recommendations of MyPyramid is important for staying healthy.

The frail elderly are functionally dependent on others and have multiple chronic diseases, disabilities, or other impairments. These limitations can complicate routine dental care and hygiene, and add to the common concern of how to get elderly to brush. This video explains how increased medical problems and decreased abilities to tolerate dental care can affect the health of seniors.

This video on family dynamics for caregivers provides a brief overview of families from a systems perspective, showing how roles in a family system, communication patterns, and shifts in family composition impact responses. Families are fluid, adaptive units, and this video helps family members better understand family dynamics so they can provide more understanding care for their loved ones.

Did you know that falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries of older adults in the United States? And every 35 minutes an older adult in our country dies from a fall. In this video, “Falls –A New Look at a Difficult Problem,” the presenter gives insights about how to prevent falls, what to do when a fall occurs, and how to create a safe environment for residents and staff.

As we age, falls and fear of falling takes on greater meaning and importance. In this three-part series on fall prevention for the elderly, we discuss different aspects of falling, and the implications it can have on long-term health and wellbeing. This third and final video covers simple home modifications you can make to help you or your loved one avoid being the victim of a fall.

As we age, falls and fear of falling takes on greater meaning and importance. In this three-part series on fall prevention for the elderly, we discuss different aspects of falling, and the implications it can have on long-term health and wellbeing. This second video covers common environmental fall risks in and around the home. 

Most of us will never be part of an ethics committee, but many of us deal with ethics in the elderly every day. Health care providers, family members, and guardians often need support in addressing ethical issues inherent in the aging process, including consequences of driving, sex, and gambling. This video explores case studies dealing with ethical issues faced in nursing homes and in private facilities. We address the many ethical, legal, and financial issues that continue to arise as our population ages.

If you’re caring for an elderly person who gets sick or injured, you can go to the urgent care or ER. The number of urgent care centers in both urban and rural areas in the U.S. is growing rapidly. These centers are filling a gap caused by the shortage of primary care doctors and long waits people experience at their doctor’s offices and in ERs. Urgent care centers are not for life-threatening conditions, but they certainly fill an important role in our current medical care environment. This video helps seniors determine when to go to the urgent care or ER, what they offer, and why not all urgent care facilities are the same. 

Admitting a loved one to hospice can be one of the most challenging experiences a family goes through. With no end of life care training, it is natural to feel overwhelmed and anxious about this important transition. In the third and final video in this three-part series, Dr. Justo Cisneros, the medical director at Hospice Inspiris, explains the mission and practices of hospice and helps families, caregivers, and patients understand what they can expect during the hospice experience.

Admitting a loved one to hospice can be one of the most challenging experiences a family goes through. With no end of life care training, it is natural to feel overwhelmed and anxious about this important transition. In the second video in this three-part series, Dr. Justo Cisneros, the medical director at Hospice Inspiris, explains the mission and practices of hospice and helps families, caregivers, and patients understand what they can expect during the hospice experience.

Admitting a loved one to hospice can be one of the most challenging experiences a family goes through. With no end of life care training, it is natural to feel overwhelmed and anxious about this important transition. In the first video in this three-part series, Dr. Justo Cisneros, the medical director at Hospice Inspiris, explains the mission and practices of hospice and helps families, caregivers, and patients understand what they can expect during the hospice experience.

When a person begins to lose a part of their vision there are many physical as well as emotional issues they experience. In this video, Dr. Sandra Fox discusses the stages of grief and the emotional aspects of vision loss. In addition, she provides helpful information about what families and caregivers can do to help patients and ease in the vision loss transition and rehabilitation.