
— Available Course Topics (Online or In-Person)
- How to communicate well when working with older people
- How to notice and react to changes in resident's body or mental state
- Pain management for aging residents
- Ways to reduce use of anti-psychotic or anti-anxiety drugs
- Avoiding food and drug interactions
- Sleep disorders
- Steps to prevent Injury (For example, how to lessen or stop injury from falls, choking on food/medications, and restraint use.)
- How to know when something is wrong and get help fast. (For instance, how to see physical changes in residents such as stroke, heart attack, acute glaucoma, or acute abdominal pain.)
- Ethical & legal issues (Especially privacy, guardianship, abuse & neglect, & advance directives.)
- Understanding mental health issues