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Exploring the Essential Features of “Comprehensive Geriatric Course: In-depth Care for Your Aging Patients – Steven Atkinson”
Whether you’re educating a newly diagnosed patient with dementia who’s scared and completely overwhelmed… or addressing challenging behaviors that require another revision to the plan of care…
It’s critical you know the latest safe treatment options, so you can give your patients the best possible outcomes.
Instead of hours searching through medical journals… this online video training gives you ALL the critical information in one place.
PLUS, unlike other courses that simply focus on the basics, this course escalates your knowledge with:
- Creative solutions to problematic behaviors
- Proven strategies for safe pain management approaches
- Expert tested tips to prevent geriatric emergencies
- Prescriptive guidance and polypharmacy management principles
- Skills to appropriately screen and diagnose patients for dementia
- And…an included certification that showcases your dementia expertise!
Comprehensive Geriatric Care and Dementia Certification Course
with Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS
SESSION 1:
Differentiating Dementias
Get the tools you’ll need to appropriately screen and diagnose patients for dementia.
- Normal vs. abnormal aging
- Types of dementias
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease dementia
- Substance-induced neurocognitive disorder
- Appropriate diagnostic tests and the ability to achieve an accurate diagnosis
- Positive communication strategies
SESSION 2:
Critical Geriatric Pharmacology Considerations
If your patient is taking more than five medications, the statistical chance of a drug-to-drug interaction or an adverse event is 100%. Access this essential information:
- Drug utilization amongst the elderly
- Billing codes that you MUST know
- Clinical pharmacological issues in the treatment of elderly symptoms and conditions
- Current guidelines recommendations related to geriatric pharmacology
SESSION 3:
Pain Management in the Elderly
Explore special considerations and available tools to confidently manage your geriatric patient’s pain.
- Challenges associated with controlled substances
- Special considerations for this age group
- Assess for substance and alcohol misuse and abuse
- Managing pain in the geriatric patient – pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions
SESSION 4:
Managing Geriatric Behaviors
Learn strategies and best practices to manage problematic behaviors and improve geriatric patient’s quality of life.
- Wandering
- Physical aggression
- Inappropriate sexual behaviors
- Nutritional and eating concerns
- Sleepless nights & sundowning
- Evaluate environmental and behavioral contributions
SESSION 5:
Geriatric Emergencies
Distinguish etiologic/pathologic factors and atypical presentations in elderly patients – to prevent the next emergency.
- Physiological changes with aging
- Common underlying chronic illness
- Cardiovascular emergencies
- Pulmonary emergencies
- Cerebrovascular emergencies
- Orthopedic emergencies
- Abdominal emergencies
SESSION 6:
Top Ten Medications to Avoid in the Geriatric Patient
Explore medication dosing guidelines and polypharmacy management principles to ensure safe prescribing in the geriatric patient.
- The BEERS list
- Risks associated with anticholinergic drugs
- The TOP TEN meds to avoid in geriatrics
- Safe deprescribing principles
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