Geriatric Course Bundle - 15 Hours
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The courses within this convenient bundle provide evidence-based information on topics related to the specialty of geriatrics. Enhance your knowledge and learn how to better support your older patients with these selected courses authored by expert nurses. Save more than 50% over the individual course price.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Symptoms, Stages, and Communication Strategies Expanded 3Course release date: 12/13/2022
About the Course
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the leading illnesses affecting the elderly and is the most prevalent of the dementias. As people are living longer, the number of Americans diagnosed with AD is expected to reach 82 million by 2030, according to the World Health Organization (Zhou et al 2022). Learning about AD’s brain impact, stages and their respective symptoms, patient responsiveness, and caregiver burden will enable you to align with colleagues to share information that will impact lives. This course will provide insight and understanding based on the most current data to enable you to have deeper insight into the impact of AD. - Financial Abuse of Older Adults 2Course release date: 9/7/2022
About this Course
This course will provide insight into exploitation opportunities that target older adults. Course participants will learn about the public health aspect of scams and financial exploitation; gain insight into Federal laws designed to protect older adults from predators and financial exploitation. Learn about the losses incurred by scams and the outcomes on physical and mental health and wellbeing. - Legal Issues for Older Adults: Life Planning for Responsible Aging 2Course release date: 9/8/2022
About this Course
This course will provide insight into exploitation opportunities that target older adults. Course participants will learn about the public health aspect of scams and financial exploitation; gain insight into Federal laws designed to protect older adults from predators and financial exploitation. Learn about the losses incurred to scams and the outcomes on physical and mental health and wellbeing.
- Mental Health Concerns and the Older Adult 6Course release date: 10/12/2022
About the Course
The healthcare worker meeting mental health needs will be able to view the older adult within the context of aging theories and identify interpersonal connection, biopsychosocial elements, and the assessment and treatment for common mental health problems in the older adult. The target audience is any healthcare worker who will assess, intervene, or treat mental health needs of an older adult client. Registered nurses, mental health technicians, mental health providers, case managers, and primary care healthcare workers can benefit from the perspective provided by this course. - Rehabilitation of the Older Adult 2Course release date: 10/5/2022
About the Course
The purpose of this course is to discuss physiological aspects of aging that may contribute to functional limitations, identify special considerations for older adults in rehabilitation settings, identify goals of geriatric rehabilitation, describe nursing interventions that promote restorative care, describe the roles of the interprofessional team members in rehabilitation for the older adult, and list the benefits of physical activity in the older adult.