Activities

Perform a comprehensive assessment on an elderly person living in the community (OASIS) or a nursing facility (MDS).

View one of the “How to Try This” videos from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and then perform the assessment on your partner or patient.

Have your students create a Wellness screen appropriate to take place at a senior center or shopping mall.

Read and discuss the article, Gawande, Atul 2007. The way we age now, New Yorker, April 30, 2007