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Avoiding Medication Pitfalls, Jeffrey Delafuente
Avoiding Medication Pitfalls, Jeffrey Delafuente
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. Discuss the prevalence and risk factors for adverse drug events in older people.
2. Identify selected medications that often should be avoided in older people.
3. Discuss methods to ensure safe medication use.
Enhancing The Quality Of Life Of Nursing Home Residents With Late Stage Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders, Felicity Sluga
Enhancing The Quality Of Life Of Nursing Home Residents With Late Stage Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders, Felicity Sluga
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. Discuss the growing need for special programming and activities to improve the quality of life of nursing home residents with dementing illnesses.
2. Discuss program and activity options that have a positive impact on quality of life as measured by the resident's mood, behavioral symptoms, cognitive skills, physical condition and medication use.
3. Review the responses of a resident to our unit’s therapeutic interventions.
Bridging Aging And Domestic Violence Services In Our Communities, Janett Forte, Paula Knapp Kupstas, Stephanie White
Bridging Aging And Domestic Violence Services In Our Communities, Janett Forte, Paula Knapp Kupstas, Stephanie White
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. To describe the problem of domestic violence in later life.
2. To show how the operating principles and service approaches of aging (APS and aging network) and domestic violence service providers differ and may cause them to interpret the same situation differently.
3. To encourage aging and domestic violence service providers to share information, expertise, resources, and philosophical perspectives with one another in order to improve the community response to older battered women.
Vision And Hearing Loss In The Older Adult - “Double Trouble”, Paige Berry
Vision And Hearing Loss In The Older Adult - “Double Trouble”, Paige Berry
Case Studies from Age in Action
Educational Objectives
1. How to recognize age related vision and hearing loss.
2. How the loss of both vision and hearing affect the individual's day to day functioning.
3. Services and technology available to assist the professional in better meeting the needs of the individual who is experiencing a vision and hearing loss.