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Counselors, social workers, nurses and family caregivers play pivotal roles in ensuring the holistic well-being of individuals who are aging or adjusting to a chronic illness such as diabetes, POTS, dementia or multiple sclerosis. This certification training is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to address the unique challenges faced by the patient, their family and you, the caregiver, while promoting health, dignity, and quality of life .
Covered Topics
- Overview of Issues Facing Older Adults
- Age Related Loss as a Type of Trauma
- Overview of Issues in Post Acute Care
- Adult Caregiver Issues and Needs
- PIECES Transdiagnostic & Transtheoretical Approach to Assessment and Treatment
- Screening Tools in Long Term and Post Acute Care
- Grief and Complicated Grief in LTC and PAC
- Dementia: Causes, Course and Consequences
- Addressing Agitation in LT and PAC
- Hearing Loss
- Pain: Impact and Nonpharmacological Management
- Working with People with Diabetes in Post Acute or Long Term Care
- PostStroke Issues and Interventions
- Working with People with TBI
- Working with People with Drug Addictions in Post-Acute Care
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
- Psychosocial Elements of Terminal Illness and Palliative Care
- Psychophysiological Interventions to Reduce Stress Related Physical, Emotional and Cognitive Issues
- Defining a Rich and Meaningful Life
- Motivational Interviewing & Understanding Resistance and NonCompliance
- Goal Setting, Frustration Tolerance & Expectation Management
- Behavioral Health Side Effects of Common Medications (and detox from)
- Behavior Modification and Tools for Monitoring Behavior
- Cognitive Tools to Increase Motivation and Change Thoughts and Behaviors
- Insurance Issues and Documentation Principles in PAC and LTC
- Elder Abuse Awareness, Identification and Intervention
This training provides not only theoretical knowledge but also practical tools, worksheets and strategies for addressing the multifaceted challenges of LTC and PAC settings. By completing this certification, you will join a cadre of professionals committed to improving outcomes and ensuring a higher quality of life for those in long-term and post-acute care.
$199.00 for 365 days- Objectives
- Describe the prevalence of substance abuse in older American adults.
- Describe the need for treatment of substance abuse disorders in older adults.
- Identify how the physical effects of normal aging can affect the way an older person responds to alcohol or other drugs.
- Identify older adult screening criteria for substance use disorders.
- Identify risk factors in older adults for substance abuse.
- List physical symptoms that can potentially signal the development of addiction.
- Describe delirium and dementia.
- List indications for inpatient substance detoxification.
- Describe brief interventions for substance abuse.
- Describe the FRAMES Approach.
- Explain the different types of treatment settings and their individual characteristics.
- Explain the different treatment approaches and their individual characteristics.
- Describe age specific staffing needs.
- Identify resources for older adults and treating substance abuse in older adults.
$18.00 for 90 days Objectives
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Identify the characteristics of a dangerousness assessment
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Identify factors associated with a high risk for violence
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Identify steps in preventing danger to others
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Review special cases
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Domestic violence
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Child Abuse
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Elder Abuse
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Substance Abuse
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Eating Disorders
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Emergency calls from nonclients
$6.00 for 90 days-
- Objectives:
- Differentiate between the function of screening and assessment
- Discuss administering appraisal instruments and interpreting appraisal results in helping processes
- Complete an accurate screening and assessment
- Identify multiple sources of information for the assessment
- Describe the purpose of the assessment
- Identify types of questions for each area of the mental status exam
- Describe the LOCUS and ASAM patient placement criteria
- Accurately make a placement of a client using information from the assessment and LOCUS and/or ASAM
- Identify characteristics of depression, anxiety and substance abuse disorders
- Identify differences in assessment between age groups (adolescents, adults, elderly)
- Identify considerations to assess validity/reliability and usefulness of various objective testing instruments
$60.00 for 90 days Objectives
- Identify vulnerable populations
- Identify general categories of harm as they relate to at-risk populations
- Identify specific types of abuse and neglect, including behavioral and physical indicators
- Gain an understanding of relevant prevalence data
- Identify perpetrator, victim and environmental factors correlated with risk of abuse
- Gain an understanding of the legal and ethical issues surrounding the reporting of abuse and neglect.
- Gain an understanding of the general policies related to abuse reporting
$60.00 for 90 daysObjective
- Explore similarities between addiction and criminogenic thinking
- Identify purpose, sources of information and areas of concern for screening
- Explore the pitfalls of diagnosis in the CJ system
- Identify preferred screening and assessment instruments and what they measure
- Examine placement strategies based on criminality, mental health and addiction issues
- Discuss general treatment issues in CJ including the purpose, intervention and alternatives
- Consider barriers to effective treatment in the criminal justice system
- Highlight unique needs of special populations including women and the elderly in the CJ system
$90.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Define the different types of abuse
- Review important things to be aware of prior to interviewing the victim and the perpetrator
- Define the concerns that are relevant when completing an assessment of imminent danger
- Review the 8 spokes of influence on the power and control wheel
- Contrast the power and control wheel with the equality wheel dimensions
$9.00 for 30 days- Objectives
- Cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease
- Strategies for aging well into the 21st century
$9.00 for 90 days - Objectives
- Post Traumatic Stress and the development of gambling issues
- Issues related to the co-occurrence of food addiction and gambling diorder
- Explore financial interventions with problem gamblers
- Learn about triggers for problem gambling and related issues in the elderly
- Review the relationship between gambling and domestic violence
- Review the literature related to patients with alexthymia who also have gambling disorder.
- Identify issues and interventions related to treatment of persons with bipolar disorder and gambling problems
- Explore the public stigma of gambling issues
- Identify unique concerns, issues and recommendations for people with gambling issues who use internet gambling modalities.
$72.00 for 90 days - Objectives
- Differentiate between the function of screening and assessment.
- Complete an accurate screening and assessment.
- Identify multiple sources of information for the assessment.
- Describe the purpose of the assessment.
- Identify types of questions for each area of the mental status exam.
- Describe the LOCUS and ASAM patient placement criteria.
- Accurately make a placement of a client using information from the assessment and LOCUS and/or ASAM.
- Identify characteristics of mood and addictive disorders.
- Identify differences in assessment between age groups (adolescents, adults, elderly).
- Identify considerations to assess validity/reliability and usefulness of various objective testing instruments.
$12.00 for 90 days