Geriatric patient care skills are an important part of nursing careers. If you teach healthcare nursing, gerontology, lifespan development, or similar classes, our Geriatric Sensory Impairment Kit provides a great opportunity to add hands-on learning to your lessons. Read on to see how this kit can help students understand common sensory challenges faced by older adult patients.
Experience Hearing Impairment
Experiencing hearing impairment for themselves helps students build empathy for better geriatric patient care. To help with this, the Geriatric Sensory Impairment Kit comes with a Hearing Impairment Simulator that enables users to experience tinnitus, high-frequency hearing loss, general hearing loss, and dementia-related confusion.
Simulate Arthritis
The impact of aging on bones and joints in the hands and feet is especially significant. This is because of how much we use them for daily activities. The Geriatric Arthritis Simulator in this kit allows students to experience moderate to severe arthritis in both hands, a result of aging that many older adults face.
Feel Geriatric Tremors
The Geriatric Sensory Impairment Kit features a Geriatric Tremor Simulator, which uses EMS technology to induce hand tremors. Students should wear the simulator for at least a few minutes to fully understand what it’s like to live with a tremor. Having this understanding will improve students’ geriatric patient care skills.
Use Standards-Aligned Curricula
This kit includes downloadable curricula that features four lessons. It covers topics like hearing loss and impairment, the impact of aging on bones and joints, and understanding tremor in older adults. The curricula boast up to 13 hours of teaching content. However, can select specific lessons and activities that fit your current lesson plan.
Additional Resources
- See how a Missouri college prepares students for geriatric patient care in this customer story
- Explore other geriatric training tools and see how you can implement them in your classroom here
- Watch our free, on-demand webinar on creating confident care workers with geriatric training tools
