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Series II: Care Management: Managing Basic ADLs
Series II: Care Management: Managing Basic ADLs
This course is designed to help practitioners implement strategies to keep patients living as independently as possible by learning techniques to help manage neurodegenerative conditions. We will review techniques involved with managing anorexia and dysphagia as well a...
Series II: Care Management: Exercise and Recreation Strategies for Patients Living with Dementia
Series II: Care Management: Exercise and Recreation Strategies for Patients Living with Dementia
This course is designed to help practitioners identify specific therapeutic modalities to ensure strength, balance, and reduce the risk falls in patients with neurocognitive disorders. Practitioners will learn specific recreational and exercise strategies that keep pat...
Series III: Advance Care Planning – Making Healthcare Decisions
Series III: Advance Care Planning – Making Healthcare Decisions
This course is designed to help practitioners understand ethical considerations of healthcare decisions in the context of “what matters” as part of the 4M’s framework of Age Friendly Health Systems.
Series III: Advance Care Planning – The Role of Medical Professionals
Series III: Advance Care Planning – The Role of Medical Professionals
This course is designed to help practitioners understand their role in advance care planning. We will review available resources for end of life wishes, discuss strategies to help patients and loved ones reflect on their priorities and guide patients and family member...
Series IV: Capacity and Competency – The Role of the Physician
Series IV: Capacity and Competency – The Role of the Physician
This course will review the definitions and differences between capacity and competency, appropriate documentation of capacity and competency and certain considerations should a patient lack capacity. This course will review capacity in Alzheimer disease and related de...
Series IV: Capacity and Competency – Dementia and Safety
Series IV: Capacity and Competency – Dementia and Safety
This course will review the topic of dementia and driving, discuss considerations to retire driving activities, strategies to discuss driving with patients and caregivers, as well as review other safety issues such as medication management, being home alone, and coo...