Resources for patients and professionals

For patients and families

General resources
 

• Geriatric Care patient information on VanderbiltHealth.com
• Vanderbilt Frontotemporal Dementia Clinic
• AgeWell Middle Tennessee
• Tennessee Department of Disability & Aging
• Alzheimer's Association
• Strategies to promote nutritional intake for persons with dementia
• 10 ways to love your brain
• NPT Aging Matters Series
• Clearer map for aging: 'Elderhood' shows how geriatricians help seniors thrive
• Alzheimer’s Tennessee

Assisted living and nursing home guides

 

• Consumer's guide for caregivers: How to evaluate the quality of residential care for persons with dementia
• Guide to assisted living for people with mental health disorders
• Tennessee assisted living resources on Caring.com
• Medicare.gov resources
• Long-term care report from Brown University
   

For researchers and clinicians

Vanderbilt and VA resources

 

• Division of Geriatric Medicine, VUMC Department of Medicine
• Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research
• Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety
• Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center (CIBS)
• Middle Tennessee Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
• Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine
• Vanderbilt Institute for Population and Public Health
• Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center
• VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
• VA Quality Scholars Program