Discussion 16.1: Critical Critique of a Website

1. In practice many times you search the internet for material to share with patients.
Find a website (The HealthinAging.org ) on a TOPIC of your interest that you would share with patients to provide patient education or as a resource.

2. Select one credible website(The HealthinAging.org ) you would direct your adult or geriatric patient for information about the TREATMENT and PREVENTION of a DISEASE. Document it on the discussion board and explain why you chose this website.
**I work with the older adult population and caregivers. In Working with the VA Health System and Veteran Population for the health and well-being of older adults. Any topic relevant for this age group

3. Go to the NIH’s How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet right below
to the Questions and Answers which explains how to CRITICALLY CRITIQUE a health website. Use this tool to critique the website you have chosen and discuss in your post.

(https://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/How_To_Evaluate_Health_Information_on_the_Internet_Questions_and_Answers.aspx