Geriatric Sensitivity Training Tools

Geriatric Simulator
This wearable simulator enables users to personally experience a variety of age-related physical challenges, helping them develop sensitivity and understanding toward the elderly.

• Wearable simulator
• Visual impairment glasses
• Walker
• Storage case
• Quick start guide
• Curriculum

Geriatric Sensory Impairment Kit
This kit includes 3 wearable components that simulate hearing impairment, arthritis and hand tremors.

• Hearing Impairment Simulator
• Geriatric Arthritis Simulator
• Tremor Simulator
• Storage cases
• Quick start guides
• Curriculum

Geriatric Medication Management Simulation Kit
Intended as a class activity, the kit enables users to experience a loss of tactile sensation and visual impairments while trying to manage several prescriptions.

• Each 12-student simulation kit contains: A set of 6 pill bottles with prescription labels for activities, plastic pill capsules (one 1000-count bag), cataract simulation glasses, sensory impairment gloves
• Storage case
• Quick start guide
• Curriculum

Hemiplegia Simulator
Intended as a class activity, the kit enables users to experience a loss of tactile sensation and visual impairments while trying to manage several prescriptions.

• One-size-fits-all simulator with an adjustable cane, arm sling, wrist brace, knee immobilizer, eyepatch and ear plugs (may be used on either side of the body)
• Storage case
• Quick start guide
• Curriculum

Geriatric Nursing Manikin

Designed for various nursing courses to teach clinical nursing and patient care skills, this hands-on, comprehensive learning aid is a key tool for patient care training. Use the Geriatric Nursing Manikin to practice over 15 basic nursing functions, from hair and face washing to colostomy care.

• Life-sized Geriatric Nursing Manikin
• Interchangeable genitalia
• Interchangeable female/male chest inserts
• Stages 1 through 4 pressure ulcers
• Pajamas
• Storage bag
• Quick start guide
• Curriculum

 

Geriatric Skin Conditions Kit
This complete kit gives students real-world experience assessing 9 common skin conditions that may occur on aging skin. Each condition model can be adhered to human or manikin skin and features detailed tissue that can be examined.

• 9 geriatric skin condition models: shingles, benign and cancerous lesions, bruise, burn, thinned skin, age spots, eczema, dry skin, lesion
  Adhesive gel (wound bond)
• “Assessing Skin Conditions in the Elderly” DVD
• 18” x 24” skin conditions poster
• 36 skin conditions flashcards
• Curriculum

Geriatric Foot Care Model
This detailed, life-sized foot features a variety of conditions including bunions, corns, nail fungus, athlete’s foot, plantar warts, ingrown nails, diabetic ulceration, heel callus and sutured laceration.

• Model
• Curriculum
• Quick start guide

Create real-world situations in which students can practice diagnosing, cleaning and dressing Stage 1 through Stage 4 pressure injuries.  The pressure injuries in this kit are pliable and lifelike, with the ability to be placed on human or manikin skin. They feature tissue degradation and can even have purulent discharge.

• Adhesion gel (wound bond)
• Purulent discharge (pus)
• Curriculum

This one-of-a-kind training tool is used to teach and practice proper techniques for taking blood pressure prior to actual clinical experience. This wearable simulator distinguishes blood pressure sounds and Korotkoff phases and can be used with standardized patients or manikins to make practice scenarios even more realistic.

• Storage Case
• Cuff (sphygmomanometer)
• Electronics box – trainer
• Pulse simulator
• Quick start guide
• Online access to curriculum

The Diabetes Education Kit is a comprehensive package used to teach the impact of diabetes on many body parts. The kit includes models, simulations and activities to provide students with experiences that promote diabetes management and prevention.

• Diabetic Foot Ulcer Model
• Diabetes Type II Model
• Diabetic Retinopathy Simulation Glasses
• Storage case
• Curriculum

An engaging, easy-to-implement program that uses hands-on activities and real-world applications to teach students 20 soft skills, from communication and interpersonal skills to time management and responsibility.

Pathway/Occupation-specific workplace scenario cards are now available to teach soft skills within your Geriatrics programs.