Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Health
Evaluating Insomnia - #38
Learn underlying basic science and practical clinical management of insomnia evaluation.
Recognizing and Identifying Elder Abuse & Neglect - #35
Approximately 11.4% of adults over the age of 60 years will experience some form of mistreatment.
Assessing and Managing Low Vision - #32
How to manage patients once it is determined they have low vision.
Age Friendly Healthcare Delivery: The 4Ms - #93
In 2017, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the John A Hartford Foundation (JAHF), the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association (CHA) of the United States attempted to address the development of age-friendly health systems using a clinical framework to improve the complex care of older adults.
These organizations defined and operationalized age-friendly care following the guidelines of beneficence, evidence-based medicine, and patient/family aligned goals and concerns. The 4M Framework was the result: What Matters Most, Mentation, Mobility, and Medication.
Tips for Communicating with Older Patients - #91
Good communication with older adults and their caregivers is important to delivering high quality care. Effective, empathetic communication improves patient and family coping skills and creates a care plan that is consistent with the patient’s goals. It also improves important metrics of health outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction, and cost of care.
Low Health Care Literacy and the Older Patient - #90
Health literacy refers to an individual’s ability to understand his or her health and effectively navigate the health care system. An older patient with low health literacy might present with repeated provider visits or phone calls, misunderstanding of, or non-adherence to, their medication plan, or exacerbations of chronic illness.
Guardianship of Adults: Guardian Roles & Responsibilities - #88
Guardianship is the court appointment of legal authority over the person and property of another individual, called the ward. Consultation with an attorney or bioethicist is advised for individual patient cases.
Assessment of Dementia Patients in the Emergency Department - #72
Assessing delirium in dementia patients in the emergency room
Preoperative Geriatric Assessment - #64
Establish capacity for consent and the patient’s understanding of the need of surgery.
Acute Management of Behavior Changes in Hospitalized Patients with Dementia - #63
Identify the specific difficult behavior and apply best practice management strategies.
Medical Decision-making Capacity Assessment - #60
Determine an older adult’s ability to make medical decisions in a hospital or clinic setting.
Assessment of an Older Emergency Department Patient – 10 Key Points - #58
Master geriatric-specific diagnostic considerations in the assessment of an older adult in the emergency department.
Inappropriate Sexual Behavior (ISB) and the Dementia Patient. - #53
Identify and define inappropriate sexual behavior (ISB) in the context of a patient with dementia.
Introduction to Quality Improvement - #50
Understand key concepts in healthcare quality improvement in any setting.
Assessment and Prevention of Delirium in ICU - #46
Adult ICU patients should be routinely monitored for delirium.
Treating Insomnia - #40
Identify and define treatment strategies for geriatric insomnia patients.
Assessing Delirium - #14
Identify and assess delirium.