Resources for older adults and caregivers

• Geriatric Fast Facts

  • Geriatric Fast Facts (GFFs) are designed to provide concise, practical, evidence-based summaries of key health care issues important to teaching clinicians and trainees who care for older adults. GFFs are co-authored by multi-specialty teams with ongoing guidance from geriatricians and are then peer-reviewed. GFFs are viewable on all mobile devices and operating systems and are searchable by free text or Age-Friendly 4Ms, geriatrics topics, organ systems, ACGME competencies, and disease plus the underlying science associated with specific geriatric conditions. Visit resource
• Caring Conversations®: Making Your Healthcare Wishes Known:

  • Advance Care Planning is the ongoing process of discussing values and goals of care, determining and/ or executing treatment directives, and appointing someone to speak for you when you cannot speak for yourself. The Caring Conversations® materials will guide individuals and families through the advance care planning process with a highly individualized focus. The materials include forms for documenting who can speak for you and what treatment preferences you may have.

  • Advance Care Planning is a two-part process:

    1. Making your values and healthcare wishes known so you receive the kind of care and treatment you want.
    2. Ensure that those who speak for you are prepared to express your wishes. Goals of care discussions are vital to this process and emergency responders are sensitive to these goals, especially for patients living with advanced illness.

     

    The workbook and introduction booklet are available in English or Spanish and includes a Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Decisions form and a Healthcare Directives form for your use. 
    View the resource on Advanced Care Planning

• Ask an Expert: Solutions to Social Isolation in Rural Communities: Social isolation among older adults in rural communities can be a major driver of health outcomes. Social isolation impacts physical and mental health and is associated with high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, anxiety and depression and weakened immune system.
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Resources for professionals

• Caregiving in the US Research Report (July 2025):

  The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP have released Caregiving in the US 2025, a new report co-sponsored by JAHF that provides a five-year update on the realities facing America’s 63 million family caregivers.
  Key takeaways include:

  • Nearly 1 in 4 Americans is a family caregiver—a staggering 45% increase from 2015
  • Caregivers spend an average of 27 hours per week providing care, and 24% provide 40 or more hours a week
  • Caregiving impacts the employment, finances, and physical and emotional health of caregivers
  This report’s findings and data will help guide policymakers, advocates, and service providers to strengthen caregiving policies and programs to serve our communities. 
  View the Report
• Careers in Aging: Throughout March, which GSA has designated as Careers in Aging Month, the Society and its partners will help individuals, educational institutions and organizations be the strongest advocates and influencers for careers in aging. Download GSA's 2025 Careers in Aging Month Toolkit for resources on how to get involved and spread the word. Share your pride in the field on social media using the hashtag #careersinaging.
  Learn more about Careers in Aging Month
  View the GSA's 2025 Careers in Aging Toolkit

• Communicating About Nursing Homes: The National Center to Reframe Aging and FrameWorks Institute present this course to improve communication about nursing home care by providing research-backed strategies and practical tools for providers and advocates. The training is self-guided, available online anytime and includes downloadable materials to help implement the strategies.
  View the course on improving communication
  

• Geriatric Emergency Medicine Podcast: This podcast features lectures on clinical topics to aid health care professionals in treating older adults in emergency settings. The series covers various subjects, including dementia care, medication management, frailty and quality improvement. Each podcast aims to share expertise and improve care for the growing number of older adults visiting emergency departments. 
  Listen to the podcast
  

• FAIR Health Alzheimer’s Disease Shared Decision-Making Tool: The page provides tools and resources from FAIR Health to help understand and manage Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
  View the decision-making tool