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Health Center Preparedness & Response Forum

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Summary: HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) hosted a four-part webinar series for health centers focused on preparing for and responding to a wide variety of emergencies. These sessions aim to promote promising practices and...

Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Addictions among Older Adults in Health Centers: Session 6 - Wrap Up

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Objectives Provide innovative models/programs for diagnosing, referring and/or treating older adult health center patients with SUD Discuss facilitators and barriers to implementing programs

Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Addictions among Older Adults in Health Centers : Session 5 - SUD case management

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Objectives Discuss models of case management and/or care for SUD intervention Describe advantages of using a case management model for reducing older adults substance use

Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Addictions among Older Adults in Health Centers : Session 4 - SUD treatment and referral

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Objectives Describe SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment) Describe brief interventions for SUD treatment within older adults such as Medication Adherence Treatment (MAT) Discuss EHR coding for SUD screening and treatment services...

Improving the Quality of End of Life Care for Older Adults in Health Centers : Session 6 - Wrap Up

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Objectives Provide innovative models/programs of end of life care, palliative care, and hospice care. Identify potential models/programs that could be implemented in the health center.

Improving the Quality of End of Life Care for Older Adults in Health Centers : Session 5 - Engaging with family (caregiver/family support)

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Objectives Discuss how to engage family members in end of life care decisions of health center patients. Provide strategies on working with health center patients and their family members/caregivers on making end of life decisions. Provide strategies on...

Improving the Quality of End of Life Care for Older Adults in Health Centers: Session 4 - End of Life models – palliative care; hospice

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Objectives Discuss the role of the primary care provider within the palliative care and hospice teams in caring for their terminally ill health center patient. Provide examples of palliative care plans that engage the health center provider, social...

Improving Quality of End of Life Care for Older Adults in Health Centers: Session 3- Advance Directives

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Objectives Discuss strategies to document advance directives of health center patients including the ‘living will’. Discuss importance of identifying a healthcare proxy or ‘medical power of attorney’. Provide examples of advance directive laws by state...

Now Accepting Health Center Applications for Spring 2019 Learning Collaborative

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Improving Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults Living with Diabetes: A Practice-based Learning and Quality Improvement Approach Evidence is growing about the integral relationship between oral health and chronic diseases. There exist a bi...

Integrating Primary Care, Oral Health and Behavioral Health for Older Adults

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Learning Collaborative Session Schedule: Kick Off/Introductions- April 10; 12:00- 12:30pm EST Session 1- Tuesday, April 24 ; 12:00-1pm EST Session 2- Tuesday, May 8 ; 12:00-1pm EST Session 3- Tuesday, May 22 ; 12:00-1pm EST Session 4- Tuesday, June 5; 12...