ARGR Resources

COVID-19 RESOURCES
ARCHIVES INFORMATION & EDUCATION PAGES
PODCAST INTERVIEW
RECOMMENDED READING

COVID-19 RESOURCES

For Older People With Disabilities and their Caregivers

• COVID-19 Guidance for Older Adults – From the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization (WHO) COVID Update
• Alzheimer’s Association site for caregivers 
• Alzheimer’s Society COVID-19 site
• Alzheimer’s Foundation of America coronavirus site – for persons with AD and their caregivers
• Alzheimer’s News Today – information for patients and caregivers MORE >>
• Medscape COVID-19 resources and updates
• The Cochrane Collaboration – wide-ranging resources

See ACRM Coronavirus Resources >>

ARGRNG PUBLICATIONS

ARCHIVES OF PM&R INFORMATION & EDUCATION PAGES (IEPs)

The ACRM scientific journal, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, publishes Information & Education Pages (I/EPs) developed by topic experts to provide consumer-friendly information on topics relevant to rehabilitation medicine. They are targeted toward people with disabilities, their caregivers or clinicians and are designed as journal tear-outs that a practitioner can copy or download to make them available to patients and caregivers. The following IEPs were developed by ARGRNG task forces. See a complete listing of Archives Information/Education Pages >>

• Vision Problems in Multiple Sclerosis
• Hearing and Vision Impairment in People With Dementia: A Guide for Clinicians
• Voting Is My Superpower! Voting Tips for People Living With Disabilities
• Falls Risk and Alzheimer Disease: A Patient Guide
• A Guide to Understanding the Benefits of a Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Treatment
• Falls Risk and Alzheimer Disease: A Patient Guide
• Overview of Common Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Managing Chronic Pain: A Guide for Patients With Chronic Pain
• The ABCs for Nutrition Poststroke: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals
• Driving After Mild Stroke
• What Is Mild Stroke?
• Coping With Caregiver Burnout When Caring for a Person With Neurodegenerative Disease: A Guide for Caregivers
• Brain Gaming: A User’s Product Guide for the Clinician
• Physical Activity Recommendations for the Aging Brain: A Clinician-Patient Guide
• Early Identification of Cardiovascular Diseases in People With Spinal Cord Injury: Key Information for Primary Care Providers
• Evaluating Your Pressure Ulcer Prevention Plan: A Problem-solving Worksheet for People With Spinal Cord Injury and Their Health Care Providers

REHABCAST HIGHLIGHT:
Predictive Science of Pressure Injury, Geriatric Rehab’s Rising Importance

The May/July episode of the Archives RehabCast features interviews with Kath Bogie and Jonathan Bean. Dr. Bogie discusses her imaging-based approach to figuring out who’s most at risk of pressure sounds. The population is aging, and it’s time for geriatricians and the rehab medicine field to team up to tackle the demand, says Dr. Bean. Listen Now >>

#RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Geriatric Rehabilitation Should Not Be an Oxymoron

Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS, MPH

The primary concern among older adults seeking health care is maintaining or improving functional independence. This concern is the focus of both rehabilitative care and geriatric medicine; however, collaboration between these fields can be hampered by a lack of mutual understanding of the fundamental principles of the other field. A new article published in the Archives of PM&R by Jonathan Bean et al describes three steps that can be implemented at an organizational or individual level to bridge the fields of geriatric medicine and rehabilitation, allowing them to better serve older patients. Read More