CE1047 Aging and Long-Term Care

Course Description

Applicable Field: Psychologist, MFT, LCSW, RN.

Credit Hours: 10

Explore mental health issues for older adults, psychodynamic treatment strategies that focus on maximizing the quality of life and functional capacity for elderly clients, and methods for facilitating collaboration with family, medical personnel, and caregivers. Differential diagnosis of dementia from depression and the impacts of retirement, altered family roles, decline in social and economic status, and increased disability will be discussed, along with various issues related to long-term care.

This course meets the Aging and Long-Term Care pre-licensing requirement for psychologists, MFTs and LCSWs.
 

Prerequisite

N/A

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