ASSESSING OLDER ADULTS
COST-FREE WEB-BASED RESOURCES

www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults


October 2007 launches a new John A. Hartford Foundation-funded initiative called How to Try This -- a collaborative project of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU's College of Nursing and the American Journal of Nursing. Until December 2008, two topics from the Hartford Institute's Try This series will be detailed and shown in cost-free, Web-based resources including demonstration videos and companion articles in the AJN. These resources are designed to build knowledge and assessment skills among those caring for older adults. CEs are available for both the articles and the videos.

Videos:
* Can be viewed, downloaded, and shared without any fees
* 30 minutes or less, and can be viewed in their entirety--or in chaptered formats
* Tips on how to deal with challenges faced when administering various assessments
* Interdisciplinary approaches
* Best practices in communicating and utilizing findings to inform patients, families, and the plan of care

Articles:
* May be printed and copied for educational use without copyright fees
* Detail on 30 Try This assessment tools
* When and how to use the assessment
* Case studies and psychometric properties of the tools
* Organized for ready access by novice to expert clinicians

To read or view the articles and videos featured this month, go to:
www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults
and click the How to Try This link.


For further information contact:
Katherine Kany
katherinekany@comcast.net

"How to Try This is a 3-year project funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation to the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University's College of Nursing in collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing. This initiative will translate the evidence-based geriatric assessment tools in the Try This Assessment Series into cost-free, Web-based resources. Products will include assessment demonstration videos and a corresponding print series featured in the AJN."