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Advocating
for Your Family in a Changing Climate of Healthcare
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2
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Aging Can Be Hard: Techniques for
Dealing with Different Family Members
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3
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Delirium & Discharge Planning
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4
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ACO’s: Accountable Care
Organizations
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5
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Alzheimer's Disease Today (2 CE)
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6
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Benefits of Art Therapy
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7
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Cannabis and Medicinal THC
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8
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Care for the Caregiver: Overcoming Burnout, Stress and Negativity
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9
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Caregiver Burnout and Elder Abuse Caregiver stress is a
leading cause of Elder Abuse. Learn
strategies to help minimize caregiver stress and factors that may lead to EA.
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10
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Caregiver Tips to Stay Organized
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11
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Caring for Ourselves as Professionals – Identify Causes of
Stressors and Symptoms of Professional Burnout
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12
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Caring for the Caregiver
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13
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Cognitive Assessment & Memory Engagement Plan An investment in regaining,
retaining and enhancing memory abilities.
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14
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Colliding Worlds of Aging and Mental Health Mental illness grows
old. As our aging population grows, so
do the number of older adults with mental health needs. Learn major categories of Mental Illness as
well as how those diagnoses influence older adults and their families.
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15
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Communicating with Families Dealing with Dementia
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16
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Cultural Competency in Health Care Information on generational
cultural influences, the older immigrant population, our own cultural biases
regarding aging and ethnicity, and how to gather cultural information on each
client to better serve them.
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17
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Cultural Considerations in End of Life Care This one hour program
discusses the physical and psychological needs of the multicultural patient
during the dying process. The learner will have an enhanced
understanding of the beliefs and rituals practiced by various cultures to
assist in proving culturally competent care. Suggested caregiver
interventions are provided.
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18
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Cultural Diversity
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19
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Dealing with Life Transitions
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20
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Delirium
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21
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Dementia & Alzheimer’s for the Discharge Planner
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22
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Dementia and Managing Behaviors
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23
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Dementia Misdiagnosis: It’s Not Always Alzheimer’s
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24
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Diagnosing the Diagnosis
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25
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Did You Just Say the "H" Word?
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26
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Difficult Cases Difficult cases come in all kinds of packages. Client and family interaction can be
frustrating when cooperation with a care plan is minimal and progress is
slow. Frustration and negative views
of your clients are normal reactions but can damage the client/worker relationship. Three case studies will be presented for
facilitated discussion. Focusing on
how mental health and aging worlds are colliding and ways to approach those
cases with an emphasis on collaboration, strengths, perspective and self-care
for the practitioner.
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Dysphagia and the Elderly Do you have patients with swallowing difficulties? This
presentation will provide you with an overview on how to consider nutrition
for patients with thickened liquid orders and modified food diet orders. You
will learn about the National Dysphagia Diet (NDD) guidelines and why they
should be shared between medical professionals and caregivers. Understand the
consistencies of thickened liquids and be able to learn how to feed patients
to avoid risk of aspiration and choking.
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28
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Elder abuse. How to reporting it, what to look for
if you think an elder is being abused and where report it.
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29
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Elder Financial Exploitation Financial
abuse against older adults. Who, where
and how to safeguard yourself.
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30
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Empowering Your Patients to be Prepared to Prevent a Crisis Helping to understand what
wellbeing is and Prevention of a crisis
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31
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Ethics & Cultural Competency Practical application &
useful information in the everyday challenges of ethics & cultural
competency
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32
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Ethics for Discharge Planning
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33
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Ethics in Hospice & Palliative Care By the end of this one hour session, participants will
be able to: Identify the 4 basic ethical principles, distinguish the
differences between law and ethics, identify when withholding or withdrawing
treatment is ethically sound, recognize the benefit vs. burden of artificial
hydration and nutrition and understand the legal ramifications of terminal
sedation. Learners will gain a much broader understanding of the value
of the principles and issues presented as they participate in case
discussion.
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34
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Ethnic Diversity
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35
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Experience 12 Minutes in Alzheimer’s Dementia What’s it like to have
dementia? The patented Virtual
Dementia Tour (VDT) from Second Wind Dreams was created after years of
research, to enable normally aging adults of all ages and backgrounds
experience what it’s like to struggle with dementia.
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36
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Fall Prevention & Home Safety Screening for the Home
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37
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Financial Options
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38
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From Frail to Function – How You Can Help the Elderly with
Exercise
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39
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Gastrointestinal Diagnoses and Nutrition Support
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40
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Geriatric Depression - Presented by a Psych
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Getting Your Medical Affairs in Order •Name the three standard
documents that everyone should have in
place when anticipating medical challenges • State three proven techniques to
assure better communication with
care providers • Learn about an exciting new piece of technology that helps
people get ALL their affairs in order, both medical as well as household and
financial records • List two reliable websites that give reliable information
on medical conditions and drug interactions
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Health, Wealth & Family Relationships: Identify common reasons
people would need a professional advocate vs a family advocate and what
advocacy entails • Understand some advantages of Trusts vs Wills in asset
protection for healthcare needs • Understand the functions of a trust and
what professional trustees do for certain families • Learn new strategies for
wealth management that are best for people
facing high costs of healthcare in the future • Understand the importance of
wise planning for Medicaid, avoiding common pitfalls seniors face when
savings are becoming depleted.
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43
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Healthcare Planning in Retirement
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44
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Healthcare Reform and What it Means for Us: Identify 10 provisions of
the Affordable Care Act • State basic
changes in coverage to different demographic groups • Discuss current trends
relevant to the healthcare community • Be able to effectively share basic
facts and myths of healthcare reform • Describe the “donut hole” prescription
coverage benefit for Medicare recipients
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45
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HIV and Dementia
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46
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How to Help an Elderly Patient Accept Help
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47
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How to Help Your Parents When the Time Comes: Learn about important
documents, services available and more
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48
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Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program & How Medical
Cannabis Works to Heal Us
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49
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Know Your Healthcare Options
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50
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Laugh for the Health of It
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51
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Levels of Care and Senior Housing Options
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52
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LGBT Aging…A Reality Check
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53
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LGBT Training, Information & Resources
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54
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LGBTQ and Older Adults
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55
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Living a Full Life Well
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56
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LTC Planning: Understanding & Evaluating Today’s Policy
Choices
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57
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Manage Your Reaction! How to Deal with Angry People in a
Healthcare Setting: • Understand the drivers of
anger and emotionality in a hospital setting • Understand the legal
implications and boundaries of expression of anger in healthcare institutions
• State what they can do to de-escalate a potentially explosive situation and
control the damage • State three communication techniques that will help
interact more effectively with staff and patients and their families • Share
stories that illustrate principles taught and be able to apply the principles
to real life situations
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58
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Managing Reactions to Patients
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59
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Medical Marijuana: An Introduction to Cannabinoids and the Endocannabinoid
System
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60
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Medical Weight Loss
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61
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Medicare Benefit Trends: What Should You Know?
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62
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Medicare Changes 2017 – Updates You Need to Know
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63
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Medicare Defined: What’s Covered by Medicare
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64
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Medicare Part B and Home TPN
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Medication Mix Ups and Interactions: Reducing Risk • Understand the scale of medication error, both in
lives lost and
costs to healthcare providers and systems • State the most common underlying
causes of medication error • Give four strategies to reduce medication error
and hospital readmission • Be able to use new patient education tools to
ensure safety and compliance • Give examples of new technologies that improve
safety and compliance monitoring
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Mental Health and Stigma
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67
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Mindfulness in Both Your Professional Role and in Your
Self-Care Use
mindfulness techniques can help ease client’s anxiety as well as helping them
to focus on moving forward with their goals. Learn five techniques to easily use in your work with clients.
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MMAI Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative On February 22, 2013, the
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) received approval
from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to jointly
implement the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative (MMAI). The MMAI is a groundbreaking
joint effort to reform the way care is delivered to clients eligible for both
Medicare and Medicaid Services (called “dual eligibles”).
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69
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MNT Works What is medical nutrition therapy? Why is the registered
dietitian the nutrition “expert?” What results can be expected for common
diseases? These questions answered and more in this very informative session
about a benefit for Medicare patients
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70
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Music and the Brain
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71
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NCOA (National Council on Aging) Planning to Stay at
Home? Planning, resources and isolation issues
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72
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Normal vs. Complicated Grief
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73
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Older Adults and Depression Focus on identifying and treating older adults with
depression.
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74
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Opioid Abuse and Older Adults
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75
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Overweight and Obesity in the Geriatric Patient Learn why obesity and
overweight should be addressed with your patients. We will discuss how to
assess for these diagnoses and how a nutrition care plan is developed.
Consider new ways of understanding how to motivate and challenge patients who
need to change their eating habits and activity levels.
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76
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Pain Management for the Elderly
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77
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Pain Management in the Elderly
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78
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Parkinson’s & Discharge Planning
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79
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Pharmaceuticals and Dementia: Discussion including common
medications as well as those used for behaviors.
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80
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POLST – Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
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81
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Poly-Pharmacy for the Case Manager
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82
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Professional Boundries
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83
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Re-Admissions and the Fall Risk Patient
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84
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Relaxation Techniques on the Go
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85
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Senior Transitions: •Receive a list of helpful resources to turn to for help
• Receive educational websites that can help understand conditions • Learn
how to manage multiple medications, check for interactions
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Smooth Transitions Guaranteeing a successful transition can be difficult
for older adults moving from their home to senior living or moving from a
long hospital stay back home. There
are many significant challenges to be addressed – physical, mental,
emotional, financial and social. You’ll learn strategies to increase the likelihood of a smooth
transition between living situations.
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87
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Something New in Healthcare: Private Professional Health
Advocacy •
State the history and prevalence of professional advocacy • Explain five
benefits of having a PPA involved in challenging healthcare management: to
hospitals and physicians • State legal parameters of having an advocate
consult within the hospital setting, as well as other institutions •
Understand the financial costs and savings of involving a professional
advocate in care management
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88
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Substance Abuse Among the Elderly
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89
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Supporting Chronically Ill People at Home: Special
Considerations
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90
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Teaching Your Partners About Medication Management –
Poly-Pharmacy Focused on medication reconciliation, this
program describes an effective collaborative process for achieving this
patient safety goal. Realistic
approaches to medication management at the end of life are explained. Poly-pharmacy in the elderly will be
explored.
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91
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Technology That Impact Caregiving & Aging
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92
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The Affordable Care Act & What it Means to You
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93
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The Aging Spine
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94
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The Changing Medicare Landscape
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95
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The Latest Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Total knee or hip replacement
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96
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The New Health Care Reform Act – What Every Medicare
Beneficiary Should Know
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97
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The Growing Problem of 'Senior Orphans' in America: What is a senior "orphan" or
"solo-ager" and how will it impact the healthcare market and us
individually as we grow older?
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The Latest Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Total knee or hip replacement
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99
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The New Health Care Reform Act – What Every Medicare
Beneficiary Should Know
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100
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The Right to Die: Who Has the Final Say?
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101
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The Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Home
Diabetes Education
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102
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The Use of Nutrition Support in the Oncology Population
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103
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Total Should Replacement The latest minimal invasive surgery
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104
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TPN: From Hospital to Home Initiation
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105
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Transitioning an Alzheimer’s or Dementia Patient from the
Hospital to Home
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106
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Traumatic Brain Injury / Concussions
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107
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Underlying Causes of Behavioral Issues
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108
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Understanding & Managing Behaviors When Dementia is
Present, The Senior Gems Professional Dementia Education Series 1.5 CE
hours
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109
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Understanding Decisional Capacity
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110
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Understanding Heart Failure (2 CE)
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111
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Understanding Illinois Home Care Licensing Act & Making
Appropriate Referrals
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112
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Understanding Medicare
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113
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Use Your Home to Stay at Home Financial balance and stability
for your peace of mind
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114
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Veteran’s Aid & Attendance; Monies for Home Care or
Assisted Living
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115
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When Stuff Takes Over a Life: The Hoarding Dilemma
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Working as an Integrated Team through Meaningful Communication
and Documentation
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