This program is a great way to reduce the risk of older adults becoming irrational and troublesome.
Steven Atkinson – Challenging Geriatric Behaviors
This recording is the most comprehensive on difficult geriatric behaviors. It’s guaranteed!
Keep an eye out Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS, nationally-Expert, speaker, and author in the field of geriatrics.-Energy, vibrant recording with insightful discussions, interesting case studies and interactive learning. This recording will give you practical skills that you can implement the next day. Cognitively impaired persons-Even for experienced healthcare professionals, caring for impaired geriatric patients is difficult.
Strategies to manage behavior such as:
- Dementia
- Aggression
- Anxiety, depression
- Refusal of food or fluids
- Inappropriate sexual advances
This program will help you reduce the risk of older adults falling prey to irrational, sometimes dangerous behavior. You will gain valuable insight into the causes and implement innovative strategies to improve the care that you provide.
- You can develop strategies to help seniors who perceive reality differently.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.
- Discuss current research on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as lifestyle factors to slow the disease progression.
- Summarize safety concerns for geriatric patients who drive, and identify those who pose a danger.
- Discuss why people with cognitive impairment wander and devise strategies to reduce or redirect this behavior.
- Describe the behavioral and environmental causes of agitation.
- Define the difference between acceptable and inappropriate sexual behavior in dementia patients.
- It is important to differentiate between normal sleep patterns and bedtime issues, which can lead to more health problems.
- Analyze the physical and psychological changes that affect an elder’s desire and ability to eat including the changes in nutritional requirements.
- You can identify the signs and symptoms of caregiver stress.
Normal Aging and Depression.
- Normal aging is a normal part of aging.
- Depression, dementia, and Delirium
- Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Diagnose, distinguish, and create a care plan
Alzheimer’s Disease
- Stages
- Assessment
- Get a diagnosis
- Early diagnosis of behavioral issues
- Management and interventions
- Pharmacological treatment
Driving with dementia
- Driving safety
- Legal questions
- Driving abilities assessed
- How do I take the keys from my car?
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Wandering
- Reasons cognitively impaired people wander
- Is wandering a bad idea?
- Things to Consider
- Manage a wanderer’s behavior
Physical Aggression
- Identify the source of aggression
- Loss of impulse control
- Regression of mind/child-Similar thoughts
- Solve the problem
Inappropriate sexual behavior Behaviors
- Normal sexual drive or inexplicable behavior
- Individuals with cognitive impairment
- Management of medication
- Ethical considerations
Refusing to eat/Forgetting about eating
- Geriatric patients stop eating or slow down because of these reasons
- A geriatric patient’s nutritional needs
- Get better health
- Malnutrition & dehydration
- Alternatives to Eating
You will not sleep well at night
- Sundowning, behavioral problems in evenings
- Why is sundowning so common?
- Interventions to reduce aggressive behavior
- When it becomes difficult to manage medication
Caregiver Stress
- Physical, psychological and emotional stress
- Find ways to help caregiver burnout
- Assist the caregiver
Other Issues
- How to spot potential falls and avoid injury
- Orthostatic hypotension: Causes
- How to avoid restraints
Case Studies: Lessons from Mistakes and Experience
- How to manage sundowners
- Strategies to improve hygiene
- Reassurance and redirection
Here’s what you’ll get in Steven Atkinson – Challenging Geriatric Behaviors
Steven Atkinson – Challenging Geriatric Behaviors Sample
Course Features
- Lectures 1
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 175
- Assessments Yes
