- easily accessible
- easily understood
- easily implemented, and
- to encourage the use of these best practices by all
direct care nurses
The How
to Try This series, a John A. Hartford Foundation-funded
project provided to the Hartford Institute for Geriatric
Nursing at New York University's College of Nursing in
collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing, translates
the evidence-based geriatric assessment tools in the Try
This assessment series into cost-free, web-based resources
including demonstration videos, and a corresponding print
series featured in the AJN, developed to build geriatric
assessment skills - the foundation for appropriate care
of older adults.
Note: To properly view the Try This
issues, please download
the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Try This is also viewable
on your Palm! To properly view the Try This issues on
your Palm OS please download the latest Acrobat
Reader for the Palm from the Adobe website.
Issue 1
SPICES:
An Overall Assessment Tool of Older Adults
- (Updated)
D9:
Decision Making in Older Adults with Dementia - (Updated)
D10:
Working with Families of Hospitalized Older Adults with
Dementia - (New)
D11.1:
Eating and Feeding Issues in Older Adults with Dementia:
Part I: Assessment - (New)
D11.2:
Eating and Feeding Issues in Older Adults with Dementia:
Part II: Interventions - (New)
Try This, a publication of the Hartford
Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is a series of assessment
tools where each issue focuses on a topic specific to
the older adult population.
The content is directed to orient and encourage all
nurses to understand the special needs of older adults
and utilize the highest standards of practice in caring
for the elderly.
