Digital Seminar

Aging and Mental Health with Dr. R. Paul Bogenberger

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$79.95 - Standard

New treatments for age-related aggression, mood and anxiety, depression, and more
Management for dementia, delirium & depression
Essentials for navigating cognitive aging
Medications that help
Family involvement, ethical considerations

Treating aging clients is one of the growing challenges for mental health and caring professionals. In this recording, you can learn essential/practical evidenced-based, best practice approaches to manage the emotional, behavior and cognitive problems specific to the aging population – and in a variety of settings.

Join Dr. R. Paul Bogenberger for a workshop filled with essential assessment and treatment practices. With more than 15 years on the front lines of geriatric practice, Dr. Bogenberger will share hard-won lessons and strategies to better understand what your client is expressing, and tools to improve lives through effective interventions. Best practices will be discussed throughout.

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Product Details

Average Rating:: 4.8
Faculty:: Robert Bogenberger, MA, Ph.D.
Duration:: 5 Hours 18 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Jun 14, 2012
Product Code:: POS050585
Media Type:: Digital Seminar
Access:: Never expires.

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Continuing Professional Development Certificates - PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 5.75 hours CPD.

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	Manual	42 Pages	Available after Purchase

Faculty

Robert Bogenberger, MA, Ph.D. Related seminars and products

Robert Bogenberger, MA, Ph.D. is a nationally acclaimed instructor who has trained thousands of fellow professionals in the process of DSM® diagnosis via years of APA accredited workshops presented across the country. He is a practicing psychologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience in a wide range of mental health settings …assessment and diagnosis including preschoolers and K-12 learning disordered students, emergency settings, adults with eating and substance disorders, and elderly populations. Special focus has been given to trauma, PTSD, substance abuse, children & adolescents, and end of life issues.

Robert is an experienced professional educator, published author and training consultant, currently licensed as a psychologist in California, Washington and Colorado. He is known for dynamic presentations that bring clarity and humor to even the most complex and multifaceted topics.

Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

Objectives

Adapt treatment approaches to the changing needs of elder clients.
Summarize a framework with the essential components of problem behavior assessment.
Explain the differences and similarities in presentation of dementia, delirium and depression.
Improve ability to develop rapport with anxious, frustrated, or angrily defended elder clients.
Create transition plans for care and residential settings.
Describe standard of care approaches and treatment plans for dementia, depression, and the most common challenging geriatric behaviors.
Incorporate into your professional work the most common medication interventions, risk-benefit analysis and evidence based indications for usage.
Differentiate between common dementias and age related cognitive decline.

Outline

Healthy Aging

What is normal?
Middle, late-life cognitive decline

Age-Related Presentations

Biochemical, physiological changes
Depression
Agitation and aggressive behavior
Decisional incapacity/competency assessment
Anxiety
Difficult adjustment to losses, moves, failing health and ability
Alzheimer’s/other dementias
Substance abuse
Wandering
Sleepless nights

Age and Diagnostic Evaluation

Psychosocial assessment
Physical factors and medication
Differentiating dementia, depression and delirium
Identifying sensory, cognitive, personal resilience and vulnerability

Most Frequent Psychiatric Diagnoses& Treatment

Anxiety Disorders
Cognitive Disorders – Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Delirium
Mood Disorders
Psychiatric symptoms produced by medical conditions (and medical treatments)

Risk Assessment

Suicidality
Elders increased vulnerability to treatment errors
Responding to lost or disrupted social supports

Age Specific Assessment Tools

Depression scales
Mental status exam (MOCA, SLUMS)
Verbal/Spatial screening tools
Clinical functional assessment

Strategies to Develop An Effective Therapeutic Relationship

Engaging reluctant clients, consent issues
Multidisciplinary team approach—families, therapists, nurses

Concrete Intervention Techniques

Behavioral issues
Loss and complicated grief
Stimulation based therapies for reducing, defusing agitation
Proven cognitive approaches

Ethical Considerations:

Confidentiality and HIPAA
Competency – therapist and client
Family involvement
Right to refuse care
End of life decision making

Target Audience

Counselors, Mental Health Professionals, Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Hospice Personnel, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Chaplins/Clergy, Other Caring Professionals

Reviews

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Overall: 4.8

Total Reviews: 5

Comments

Jennifer K - BOSTON, Massachusetts

"Great information. I really enjoyed this seminar and learned more than I expected. Much of what I learned, I have retained, even his stories. Great seminar."

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