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Aging And The Behavioral Problems Of Brain Injury, Paul F. Aravich, Marylin Copeland
Aging And The Behavioral Problems Of Brain Injury, Paul F. Aravich, Marylin Copeland
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. List the various classes of brain injury.
2. Identify cognitive and emotional problems as among the most common and disabling complications of brain injury.
3. Assess challenges to successful aging with a brain injury.
4. Examine the consequences of inadequate systems of care for the challenging behaviors produced by brain injury.
Senior Meal Programs: Feeding A Crowd With Local Foods, Gordon Walker, Elyse Thierry
Senior Meal Programs: Feeding A Crowd With Local Foods, Gordon Walker, Elyse Thierry
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. Examine reasons for an institutional meal program to consider incorporating local food.
2. Identify potential community partners who might assist in moving such a program forward and the mutual benefits.
3. Describe the possible changes that an institution’s local food program can foster in the community at large.
Cpr And Dnr Decision Making, Viki Kind
Cpr And Dnr Decision Making, Viki Kind
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. Examine the complexities of end-of-life care and obstacles to good DNR decision making.
2. Discuss CPR and its perceived vs. actual chances for success.
3. Demonstrate best practices for communicating about CPR.
4. Consider how the signing of the DNR is just one component of endof- life care.
Reverse Mortgages, Bruce Desimone
Reverse Mortgages, Bruce Desimone
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. Describe mobility rates among older adults.
2. Define a reverse mortgage and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), and their origins in Virginia.
3. Explain key HECM loan and counseling features.
4. Illustrate how these features may improve the lives of older Virginians.