To borrow any of the items listed below, contact the Wyoming Geriatric Center at: (307) 766-2829 or email: wygec@uwyo.edu
Aging:
- Aging, Society and the Life Course. Morgan, Leslie A. 2006. BOOK
- Living Old: the Modern Realities of Aging. PBS. 2006. DVD
- Aging I: Meeting Basic Needs. (from cover: covers the changes that accompany older age and discusses basic needs or economic security, access to adequate health services, access to needed teaching, and access to needed services, including advocacy and guardian ship). Program Development Assoc. 1992. VHS-kit
- Aging II: Living with Dignity. (from cover: discusses supporting elderly people with developmental disabilities to maintain a sense of self-work through determination, maintaining a productive and meaningful life, maintaining a health social network, and being proactive about aging). Program Development Association. 1997. VHS-kit
Alzheimer’s/Other Dementias, Caregiving/Family:
- Your Time to Care: Basic Skills for Caring for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias at Home. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. 2006. DVD
- The 36-Hour Day: a Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer’s Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss Later In Life. Mace, Nancy. 2006. BOOK
- What Every Caregiver Needs To Know About Alzheimer’s Disease. Schultz, Jeff. 2006. DVD
- Geriatric Mental Health Disaster and Emergency Preparedness. (from cover: provides evidence based approaches for identifying and classifying mental health problems such as PTSD, depression, and substance use disorders in older adults, which may occur during post-disasters/emergencies.) Toner, John A. 2010. BOOK
- Wandering: What It Is and What to Do About It. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Caregiver Education Series. 2000. DVD (3 Copies) {Used for Caring with Confidence trainings}
- Alzheimer’s and African Americans: Echoes From The Past. Fanlight Collection. 2007. DVD
- I Was Thinking: Unlocking the Door to Successful Conversations with Loved Ones with Cognitive Loss. Waugh, Diana. 2008. BOOK
- Measure of the Heart: A Fathers Alzheimer’s, A Daughters Return. Geist, Mary Ellen. 2008. BOOK
- The forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s. PBS. 2004. DVD
- Adults with Downs Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease: a practical guide for caregivers. 2010. DVD
- Talk Back, Move Forward: 100 Years of Alzheimer’s. Center on Age and Community. 2007. DVD Kit
- Caring for your parents. (from the cover: As the population ages, many adult children are grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and personal revolution as they transition into the primary caregiver role for their aging parents. Caring for Your Parents is a moving film that draws much-needed attention to this universal reality, underscoring today's struggle through an intimate look at five American families). 2008. DVD
- The Sandwich Generation. (from the cover: “those caught between their aging parents and young children, which includes some 20 million Americans”) Winokur, Julie and Kashi, Ed. 2008. DVD
- & Thou Shalt Honor. (From cover: many, if not most, of us will in our lifetimes be both a caregiver and the cared-for. We may slip into these roles so gradually that we scarcely realize it. Examines various aspects of caregiving in a warm and caring documentary.) PBS Caregiving. 2002. DVD
- At the Breaking Point: Emotions and Ethics in Family Caregiving. Kuhn, David. 2009. DVD
- Straight Talk about Dementia: a Caregiver’s Perspective. (From the cover: This documentary explores issues on dementia important to both family and professional caregivers). 2006. BOOK
- Bathing Without a Battle. Creating a better bathing experience for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related Dementias. Barrick, Ann Louise. 2003. DVD (6 copies) {Used for Caring with Confidence trainings}
- Dementia Care Provider Qualification Series: A four part series designed for professionals and provides essential information for safe and effective care of individuals with Alzheimer’s and all other types of dementia: including a Basic Understanding of Dementia, Activities of Daily Living, Behavior Management, Basic Principles of Care. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. 2004. DVD {Used for Caring with Confidence trainings}
- Caring for a Person with Alzheimer ’s Disease: Your Easy-To-Use Guide from the National Institute on Aging. Text includes: understanding AD, caring for a person with AD, Caring for yourself, When you need help, the medical side of AD, coping with the last stages of AD, Summary. US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009. BOOK/PUBLICATION
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Education/Students:
- Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care. From the cover: Using a holistic, interdisciplinary approach building upon the medical-surgical knowledge that students have gained in previous courses. In addition, the text covers cultural diversity, normal aging, ethics, global healthcare systems, alternative therapies, and end-of-life care. Mauk, Kristin L. 2006. TEXTBOOK {Used for Caring with Confidence trainings}
- Successful Nursing Assistant Care (includes a separate workbook). From the cover: Is a student friendly text that teaches OBRA statutes, OSHA guidelines, and state regulations for working in LTC. Using a body systems approach you’ll find up-to-date care guidelines and procedures, as well as highlighted information on how to promote residents rights. Dugan, Diana. 2008. TEXTBOOK. {Used for Caring with Confidence trainings}
- Successful Nursing Assistant Care-workbook. From the cover: the workbook offers an affordable and creative way to help you review what you’ve learned from the textbook. It also includes procedure checklists and a practice exam for the certification test. 2008. TEXTBOOK/WORKBOOK {Used for Caring with Confidence trainings}
- Bound For Your Good Health: A Collection of Age Pages. From the cover: an age page is a fact sheet written about a variety of health subjects related to growing older. Published by the National Institute on Aging this publication includes: Common Health Concerns, Staying Healthy, Getting Good Healthcare, Staying Safe and Planning Ahead. Dugan, Diana. 2005. BOOK/PUBLICATION
- Careers in Aging: Opportunities and Options. Published by the Association For Gerontology in Higher Education. 2004. PUBLICATION/BOOKLET
Women and Aging:
- Lets Face It: Women Explore Their Aging Faces. Oser , Wendy. 2002. DVD
- Still Kicking: Six Artistic Women of Project Arts and Longevity. Gorman, Amy. 2006. DVD
- Still Doing It: the Intimate Lives of Women Over Sixty. Fishel, Deirdre. 2004. DVD
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Healthy Aging:
- Go 4 Life: Everyday Exercises. Magrath, Sandy. 2003. BOOK
- Positive Images of Aging. (from the cover: The video clips included are: Changing Perceptions of Aging; Positive Adjustment as We Age; Intimacy in the Elder Years; Family Ties, Grand parenting, and Mentoring; Foster Grandparents; Wisdom and Courage in Elder hood; Creative Aging; Beauty in Aging; Spirited Senior Softball plus five bonus Features on Longevity, Genetics versus Lifestyle, Diet and Exercise, Calorie Restriction; Aging Statistics; A Visit with Centenarians). Fanlight productions. 2007. DVD
- Exercise and Physical Activity: your everyday guide from the National Institute on Aging. National Institute on Aging, and National Institutes of Health. 2009. BOOK (2 copies)
- Age of Champions: An uplifting story of five competitors who sprint, leap, and swim for gold at the National Senior Olympics. Includes: a screening and discussion guide. Documentary Foundation. 2012. DVD kit
- Exercise” A Guide from the National Institute on Aging. From the cover: Self tests, benefits and Nutrition; what can exercise do for me, is it safe for me to exercise, how to keep going, sample exercises, etc. 2001. BOOK
- Exercise for Older Adults: Health Care Provider Edition. HRSA, Live Oak GEC, Florida State University College of Medicine. BOOK/PUBLICATION
Long Term Care:
- Curtain Call. (unforgettable story of eight remarkable residents of the Actors Fund Retirement Home). Braverman, Charles. 2006. DVD
- Geropsychological Interventions inLong-Term Care. Hyer, Lee and Intrieri, Robert. 2006. BOOK
- When Love Gets Tough: The Nursing Home Decision. Manning, Doug. 1983. BOOK
- (Long Term Care: Solutions Beyond Today) Stories & Magic Tools. (From the cover: Diana believes that putting the person back in the picture empowers care providers to effectively manage challenging behaviors while making everything human even when it is impossible to make everything better). Waugh, Diana. DVD
- (Long Term Care: Solutions Beyond Today) Hey Help Me Here!: An overview of Behavior Management Principles. (From the cover: offers and overview of the issues in LTC that contribute to the loss of resident focus during care delivery. It looks at: compliance vs. non-compliance; social assessment and its daily use; information on reading the residents behaviors to reduce staff injury; and a review of non-pharmacological interventions to successfully manage behaviors. Waugh, Diana. DVD
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Health Care/Management:
- Health Management for Older Adults: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach. Satin, David G. 2009. BOOK
- Physical Change and Aging; A Guide for the Helping Professions. Saxon, Sue and Etten, Mary Jean and Perkins, Elizabeth. 2010. BOOK
- Worlds Apart: a Four Part Series on Cross-Cultural Healthcare. Grainger-Monsen, Maren and Haslett, Julia. 2003. DVD
- Hold Your Breath. (from the cover: illuminates the pivotal role of cross-cultural communication in healthcare decision-making, and the urgent need for cultural competence and diversity training in the healthcare professions.) Grainger-Monsen, Maren. 2005. DVD (3 copies)
- Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Healthcare for Older Adults. American Geriatrics Society. 2004. BOOK Vol 1
- Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Healthcare for Older Adults. American Geriatrics Society. 2006. BOOK Vol 2
- Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Healthcare for Older Adults. American Geriatrics Society. 2009. BOOK Vol 3
- Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs: Guiding Principles and Recommendations. Developed by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. 2003 Book/Guidelines
- Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Published by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Contents include: videos on patients discussing experiences, presentation of the Institute of Medicine report on ‘Health Literacy: Prescription to end Confusion’ with findings and recommendations, as well as full text of the executive summary. DVD
- Growing Older in America: The Health & Retirement Study. From the cover: There is no question that the aging of America will have a profound impact on individuals, families, and US Society. At no time has the need to examine and understand the antecedents and course of retirement been greater than now, as the baby boom begins to turn age 65 in 2011. Published by the National Institute of Aging/HRSA. 2007. BOOK/PUBLICATION
- All the Kings Men: Managements Role in Falls Mitigation. (From the cover: this program helps facility management create an effective, efficient falls management process that addresses the social and medical needs of the residents who fall.) Waugh, Diana. DVD
Stroke:
- Striking Back at Stroke: a Doctor-Patient Journal. Hutton, Cleo and Caplan, Louis. 2003. BOOK
- After Stroke: Enhancing Quality of Life. Sife, Wallace. 1998. BOOK
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End of life Care:
- Dying well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life. Byock, Ira. 1997. BOOK
- Living with grief: diversity and end-of-life care. Hospice Foundation of America. 2009. BOOK
- The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life. (From the cover: a doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time.) 2012. BOOK
Elder Abuse:
- When Help Was There: Four Stories of Elder Abuse. Pryfogle, Daniel. 2002. DVD
- Elder Abuse: Five Case Studies. Fanlight Productions. 1993. VHS-kit
- A Mother Never Gives Up Hope: older mothers and abusive adult sons. Fanlight Productions. 2010 DVD-kit
- Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice. (from the cover: experts working with twelve unique groups of domestic abuse survivors provide the latest research on their populations and use a case study approach to demonstrate culturally sensitive intervention strategies). Lockhart, Lettie and Danis, Fran. 2010. BOOK
- Elder Physical and Sexual Abuse: The Medical Piece, Parts I and II. By the CDAA (California District Attorneys Association). Part I describes medical signs/symptoms in detail and how to collect/document evidence; Part II nationally recognized experts offer clues to discover elder abuse. 2003. VHS
Bereavement:
- Living in the Shadows of the Ghosts of Grief: Step Into the Light. Wolfelt, Allan. 2007. BOOK
- Healing a Friends Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas. Wolfelt, Allan. 2001. BOOK
- A Childs View of Grief: a Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors. Wolfelt, Allan. 2004. BOOK
- Healing the Adult Siblings Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Brother or Sister Dies. Wolfelt, Allan 2008. BOOK
- Creating Meaningful Funeral Experiences: a Guide for Caregivers. Wolfelt, Allan. 2003. BOOK
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Misc:
- Gay and Lesbian Aging: Research and Future Directions. Herdt, Gilbert and DeVries, Brian. 2004. BOOK
- Twenty-Two Prayer Poems for Caregivers: Inspired By A “Course In Miracles” and Other Sacred Teachings. Drozda, Donna Iona. 2000. BOOK
- What Are Old People For? : How Elders Will Save the World. Thomas, William H. 2004. BOOK
- AARP Guide to Revitalizing Your Home. (from the cover: beautiful living for the second half of life reimagine, redesign, remodel.) . Bakker, Rosemary. 2010. BOOK
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Music Therapy and Geriatric Populations: A Handbook for Practicing Music Therapists and Healthcare Professionals. (From the cover: the primary purpose of this handbook is to educate about the uses and evidence-based benefits of music therapy practices with older adults.) Belgrave, Melita; Darrow, Alice-Ann; Walworth, Darcy and Wlodarczyk, Natalie. 2011. BOOK
Journals:
(also available through the University of Wyoming Libraries
http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/)
- Generation’s: Journal of the American Society on Aging. 2006-present
- Gerontologist. Gerontological Society of America, 2003-present
- Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. Gerontological Society of America, 2005-present
- Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Gerontological Society of America, 2005-present
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