Geoffrey W. Lane – 2-Day Gerontology Certificate Course: Behavioral Interventions & Clinical Strategies
Staying on the Cutting Edge of Gerontology
America’s older population is rapidly expanding, and the need for well-trained and proactive geriatricians is growing daily. Clinicians working in eldercare need to stay abreast of new and current developments across multiple disciplines to serve our aging clients well.
Many different aspects of aging, along with appropriate treatment strategies, are explored including: normal aging, the promotion of healthy cognitive and emotional aging, aging and sexuality, spirituality and aging, and clinical and ethical issues around death, dying, and bereavement. The course focuses on problems of aging, including special considerations in geriatric assessment, and the mild and major neurocognitive disorders and how professionals can best meet the needs of these clients. The course also addresses the unique ethical issues that arise in the context of eldercare including special considerations in confidentiality, working with adult children of elders, future planning, elders at risk, safety issues and dementia care, capacity/competency, and end-of-life decision-making. After this 2-day comprehensive course you’ll leave with increased confidence in working with your elderly clients.
Establish how evidence based theories on aging influence the field of gerontology.
Determine what constitutes “normal aging” and describe how clinicians can discriminate it from cognitive decline.
Communicate how clinicians can operationalize research related to nutrition, exercise and socialization to improve the wellbeing of older clients.
Delineate how technological innovations in living environments can be used to help increase support, independence and quality of life for the elderly.
Analyze and summarize research exploring the relationship between spirituality, aging and positive health outcomes.
Specify how the cultural background of clients can impact end of life decisions and care needs.
Determine an approach to evaluate and assess the cognitive function of geriatric clients.
Characterize how clinicians can differentiate between types of dementias by understanding the manifestations of each type.
Evaluate how safety risks related to major neurocognitive disorders in older adults can be identified and mitigated.
Correlate how issues surrounding aging, dying, and bereavement impact clinical approach with clients and their families.
Communicate appropriate strategies for clinicians to handle ethical issues related to confidentiality and capacity when working with the geriatric population.
Connect current research on dementia causes and treatments to potential impacts on clinical interventions in the future.
NORMAL AGING AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTHY AGING
The Multidisciplinary Field of Gerontology
Normal Aging
Cognition
Physical health
Mental health
Sexuality
Clinical strategies to promote positive aging
The role of midlife
Socialization
Exercise
Nutrition
Gerontechnology interventions
Supportive systems and aging in place
Current technologies
Future horizons
Ethics of technology
Ethics, aging, and future planning
Spirituality
End of life care
Death, dying, and bereavement
WHEN AGING GOES AWRY
Early detection: When aging is not so normal
Geriatric assessment: Special considerations
Cognitive
Emotional
Functional
Mild neurocognitive disorders
Major neurocognitive disorders
Alzheimer’s disease
Vascular Dementia
Parkinson’s
Lewy Body Dementia
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Dementia
Clinical presentations
Behavioral interventions
Safety issues
Pharmacological interventions
Other disorders of aging
Risk management: Ethics, aging, and elder law
What clinicians need to know
Elders at risk: Clinical, ethical, and legal considerations
Confidentiality
Working with adult children of elders
Capacity/Competency
Dementia and end of life care across cultures
Current research in dementia: causes and treatments
