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TALKINGWITH YOURDOCTOR

Taking an active role in your health care

Megan Homer, M.A.

Presentation Toolkit

Responding to Research

In-person presentations

Olderadults

Senior center administrators

Family caregivers

How Meet Need With Available Resources?

Presentation toolkit:• Interactive• Easy-to-use, self-guided; little or no preparation • Led by program staff, professionals with older audiences

CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia

Talking With Your Doctor Topic

• Relatable, popular topic

• Tangible action steps• Specific to NIA, but

wide applicability– Existing, vetted

content

Presentation Toolkit

Presentation Materials—Speaker Script

Getting Ready for an Appointment

Before you go to the doctor:

• Create a plan

List and prioritize your concerns Note other health and life changes

since your last visit

Adapting the ToolkitExample from Collaborative Project between NICHD, NIMH,

and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Outreach, Next Steps

• Over 2000 downloads– NIA channels– NIH, ACL, CMS – Phone calls to state groups– Healthy Aging Summit– Webinars with stakeholder groups

• Future of toolkit—thoughts?

Questions?Megan Homer, M.A.301-496-1752homerm@mail.nih.gov

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