Course Description
Course Description:
Over the next decade, we will see an increase in the number of seniors, relative to other demographics. In order to provide the greatest care, have pertinent perspective, and minimize any implicit bias, it’s important for healthcare professionals to understand this population. This course will provide insight, current information, and suggestions to working, treating, and interacting with an aging population in an appropriate way.
Contact Hours: 4
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: IntermediateAccreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Review attributes of a senior
- Explore U.S. census information pertaining to seniors and health
- Discuss impact of disease on aging
- Review healthy lifestyle components for prevention and successful aging
- Discuss activities of daily living (ADLs)
Hour 2
- Discuss impact of living environment and actual transitions while aging.
- Explore various living accommodations for bodily changes caused by aging.
- Recognize ways and means to improve aging experience within the home or community
- Discuss positive and negative aspects of senior housing choices
Hour 3
- Discuss impact of physical and mental changes on ADLs
- Explore impact of mental capacity on ability to make personal choices
- Discuss importance of safety, choice, and wellbeing
- Identify aspects of age-friendly living
- Explore impact of personal relationships, including grief and loss
Hour 4
- Discussion impact of spousal loss on a senior's wellbeing and social network
- Understand importance of social support
- Explore ways to stay engaged while aging
- Understand the impact of relationships in later years
- Discuss caregiving and impact of the caregiver's role
- Insight to the life of a caregiver
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional to work, treat, and interact with an aging population in an appropriate way.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the senior U.S. attributes.
- Identify major disease impact on aging.
- Recognize diversity within aging population.
- Identify activities of daily living (ADLs) and impact on aging.
- Recognize successful aging components.
- Identify specific choices for types of senior living options.
- Recognize different housing choices based on ADLs and personal choice.
- Identify different aspects of community living and levels of service.
- Identify significant points of aging that can impact transitions.
- Recognize capacity and successful aging.
- Identify aspects of community that are aging-friendly.
- Recognize impact of social connectedness on successful aging.
- Recognize caregiver roles, impact, and potential outcomes.
Disclosures:
WEBINAR
A webinar is LIVE INTERACTIVE audio and video course delivered over the Internet to your computer. With a HomeCEU webinar, you are able to see, hear and interactive with the course presenter. In many courses, demonstrative video will be used to further enhance your learning experience. All content used in the presentation will also be made available to you for your personal use (PowerPoint Slides, Reference Materials etc.).
Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Speech Language Pathologist, Nurse, Nursing Home Administrator, Social Worker, and Activities Professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Criteria for Completion: The successful completion of a post course examination is required to receive credit for your webinar participation. A score of 70% or higher is required. You will have additional attempts to pass the examination should it be needed.
PLEASE NOTE: All webinar exams MUST be successfully completed by midnight Central Standard Time on the day of the webinar broadcast.
This course is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Joy Siegel is the owner of Joy Siegel Solutions and receives a salary. She receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.
Authors:
Joy Siegel, EdD, MBA
Joy Siegel spent the past 15 years working in the nonprofit sector as a fundraising consultant. While doing so she became especially partial to working in the social service sector, especially with senior adults. In 2012 Joy achieved a lifelong goal of obtaining a doctoral degree, graduating from Nova Southeastern University with an EdD in Organizational Leadership and Gerontology.
Armed with her education, experience in the social sector, and personal experience as a caregiver to her mother who has been battling Parkinson’s Disease for 20 years, Joy was ready to switch careers and become an Intergenerational Coach. Currently Joy and her partner, Hanna Fink, have developed a sphere of top-notch service providers whose sole purpose in their respective field is to meet the needs of families dealing with the challenges of aging and to assist in providing seniors with the best quality of life.
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