Courses and Case Studies
The following listing includes courses and case studies developed by the Hartford Institute in collaboration with a panel of geriatric experts, the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Initiative (OHNEP) and the NICHE Program. Please visit this page for updated content.
COA-HC-RN: Medication Management for Older Adults
This course discusses the best practices for medication management in home care and identifies medications that are particularly high risk for older adults. The course also describes causes for different types of medication adherence and how different home care professionals can help with medication management.
COA-HC-RN: Managing Pain in Older Adults
This course focuses on how to assess and manage pain in older adults as part of an interprofessional team.
COA-HC-RN: Managing Chronic Health Conditions in Older Adults
This course describes the guiding principles for managing multiple chronic conditions in home care, identifies the risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in older adults, and explores how the pharmacologic management differs in older adults compared to younger adults.
COA-HC-RN: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
This course discusses interprofessional collaborative practice in the home care setting, the reasons why core competencies across professions is needed and the methods of communication amongst team members.