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Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Elder Mistreatment
About this Course
Health professionals and allied health workers need to know and recognize the clinical indicators of Elder Mistreatment (EM) and need to know what actions to take if they suspect EM. Yet many healthcare workers have no idea that EM even exists, and few are actually trained to screen and assess for EM. Understanding cultural competency is essential to any EM training. Different cultures perceive aging and caregiving differently and this has important implications for how EM is viewed, gets assessed and gets treated.
Trainees We Want to Reach
- Clergy
- Health Services Administrators
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Pharmacists
- Rehabilitation Therapists
- Social Workers
- Community Practitioners and Care Providers
Core Program
Activities
LECTURES
- Concepts of Elder Mistreatment
- Clinical Recognition of Elder Mistreatment
- Research on Elder Mistreatment
- Legal Aspects of Elder Mistreatment
- The Care Continuum and Elder Mistreatment
- Contemporary Elder Mistreatment Theories
- Clinical Documentation of EM
- The Impact of Elder Neglect on Clinical Care
INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS
- Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training (GITT) - A train-the-trainers program for exercising effective leadership in complex social environments.
- Models for Clinical Team Practice
- Dynamics of Multidisciplinary Clinical Teams
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
- Case Studies in Elder Mistreatment
- Team Assessment of Elder Mistreatment
- The Elder Assessment Instrument (EAI) in Practice
To take course, please go to: http://www.hartfordign.org/education/elder_abuse_course/