Challenging Geriatric Behaviors
- Speaker:
- Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 09 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
May 22, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS073670
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
This is the best seminar on challenging geriatric behaviors that you will ever attend – GUARANTEED!
Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS, nationally known geriatric clinician, author and speaker will deliver a high-energy, dynamic training. He understands the hard work you perform each day. Caring for our geriatric patients can be challenging, even for the most experienced healthcare professionals.
Some of the important topics that Steven will delve into for practice changing results:
- NEW dementia pharmacological treatments
- Strategies to manage a wanderer’s behavior
- How to understand the cause behind physical aggression
- Best practice tips for sleepless nights & sundowning
- Ideas to improve malnutrition and dehydration
- Identify potential falls to prevent injuries
Minimize your risk of unknowingly escalating behavioral challenges. Instead learn from a true expert in the field. As you understand the rationale behind common geriatric behaviors, you can apply innovative and practical solutions. The training will be filled with interesting case studies and insightful discussions. You will finish this training with new and essential techniques to apply during your next shift!
Credit
Handouts/Brochure
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Challenging Geriatric Behaviors (41.1 MB) | 85 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS Related seminars and products
Steven Atkinson, PA-C, MS, is a board-certified Physician Assistant specializing in Geriatric Internal Medicine. He practices medicine in the greater Minneapolis area. In addition to his private practice, he has been on the faculty at the University of Utah since 1994 and has been involved in medicine for over 30 years.
Steven is the co-founder of Twin Cities Physicians, which serves older adults at nearly all levels of their care. He has presented nationally for over 15 years, primarily speaking about geriatric-related syndromes.
Steven is the author of Geriatric Pharmacology: The Principals of Practice & Clinical Recommendations, Second Edition, and also sits on several boards whose purpose is to elevate the level of care in medicine for the patients they serve. Steven has been described as a “dynamic” educator and one of the most engaging presenters around.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Steven Atkinson is the founder and co-owner of Twin Cities Physicians and Midwest Geriatrics Services, and he is the owner of Mindful Geriatrics, LLC. He provides legal counseling services to medical professionals and receives compensation. Steve Atkinson receives compensation for course development from Executive Links. He is adjunct faculty at the University of Utah. Steve Atkinson receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He formerly owned stocks/shares in Moderna, Inc. He is a stock holder with Eli Lilly. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Steven Atkinson is a member of the board for MDMA. He is a member of AMDA/PALTC, GMPA, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.
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Objectives
- Develop strategies to manage difficult behaviors in seniors who have an altered perception of reality.
- Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviors in individuals with dementia.
- Distinguish between normal sleeping patterns and bedtime issues which could lead to increased health problems.
- Analyze the physical and psychological changes that affect an elder’s desire and ability to eat including the changes in nutritional requirements.
- Apply current research findings to prevent and slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Determine environmental and behavioral triggers of agitation.
- Develop strategies to minimize or redirect wandering behavior.
Outline
Normal Aging, Dementia, Depression or Delirium- Understanding the 3 D’s: Depression, dementia, and delirium
- Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Diagnose, differentiate, and develop a plan of care
- Assessment
- Screening tests to make a diagnosis
- Stages of dementia
- Behavioral and functional changes in dementia
- Management and interventions
- NEW and current pharmacological treatments
- Preventing dementia
- Reasons why cognitively impaired individuals wander
- Issues to consider
- Manage a wander’s behavior
- Identify the cause of aggression
- Loss of impulse control
- Regression of the mind/child-like mind
- Non-pharmacological approaches to managing aggression
- Pharmacological approaches to managing aggression
- Normal sexual drive or inappropriate behavior
- Medication management
- Ethical considerations
- Reasons why geriatric patients slow or stop eating
- Improve nutritional status
- Malnutrition and dehydration
- Alternatives to eating
- Sundowning and behavioral problems in the evening
- Why does sundowning occur?
- Environmental interventions to minimize sundowning
- Medication management when it becomes problematic
- Ways to identify potential falls and prevent injury
- Restraints
- How environment plays a role in behaviors
- Focusing on structure and consistency
- Driving with dementia: Safety and legal considerations
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Social Workers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians
- Recreation Therapists
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