Environmental Geriatrics-Cornell University
- 3D animated virtual homeUsing state-of-the-art 3D software that combines sound, text and moving images, our educational course on Environmental Geriatrics allows medical students and health care providers:
To make a virtual home visit with an older patient who has reduced visual, hearing, mobility, and memory skills;
Witness virtual patients unnecessarily struggling to accomplish daily tasks of living (e.g., bathing, eating, ambulating, and taking medications);
Observe patients encountering remediable environmental hazards, that increase fall and burn risk, which are not usually observable in practice;
Experience virtually the effect of visual impairments, such as macular degeneration or glaucoma, while interacting with the environment (e.g., descending stairs);
Identify specific assistive devices and environmental features that improve patients' ADL/IADL functioning while reducing injury risk;
Identify specific assessment tools for the geriatric patient;
Library Classifications
In addition to the Medical books in the W section, you might want to explolre these call numbers:
- BF 724.8 Psychology
- BV 4580 Religious life
- GN 59.A35 Anthropollgy
- HQ 1060-1064 Gerontology, Social Aspects
- HV 1450-1494 Assistance and Relief for the Aged
- HV 6626.3 Elder abuse
- QP 86 Biology
Search Words
Library Catalog
Use the following suggested subjects to search the Library Catalog.
- Aged
- Aging
- Geriatrics
- Gerontology
- Longevity
- Old Age
- Older People
- Senior