Mental Health and Aging Training Initiative
Live Webinar Series
Register online – Free for all to attend.
These presentations are intended for staff from many levels, disciplines, and settings (both facility and home-based), including staff involved in providing long term care (e.g., nursing staff and administrators), as well as behavioral health staff who work with older adults. Additionally, staff from Adult Protective Services, home health, adult day healthcare, respite care, area agencies on aging, Emergency Department staff of acute care hospitals, hospital discharge planners, and others serving older adults could benefit from the training.
All webinars will be recorded and posted for free access at http://worldeventsforum.blogspot.com
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST
Community Partnerships: Ethical and Communication Issues for LTC Facility/Hospital Transitions and Effective Care Coordination
Panel: Lora Epperly, RN, MSN and Beth B. Ulrich ACSW, LCSW
Moderator: E. Ayn Welleford, PhD
Objectives: At the end of this presentation participants will have increased understanding related to:
• What pertinent information is required in the referral process
• Increased awareness of the definitions of dementia and associated problem behaviors
• Understanding of the problem solving process known as the 4-D approach
• Understand the need to utilize this comprehensive approach across the multi-disciplinary team
• Understand the necessity of team-based approaches to safe transitions from one level of care to another.
• Understand the regulatory challenges facing LTC/SNF providers in care of residents with “behaviors.”
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST
Psychiatric Emergencies: A Practical Guide for LTC Facility Staff
Panel: Sarah W. Bisconer, PhD and Joan S. Thomas, LCSW, FACHE, CMC, LNHA
Moderator: E. Ayn Welleford, PhD
Objectives: At the end of this presentation participants will understand how to respond to an acute psychiatric emergency in a long term care work setting. Participants will:
• Recognize “typical” situations that should prompt staff intervention
• Recognized specific symptoms of a psychiatric emergency
• Understand common causes of a psychiatric emergency
• Understand a “best practice” response to a psychiatric emergency
• Understand the role of Emergency Services and the Preadmission Screener.
• Recognize acute situations and symptoms in several case examples
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST
Pre-admission Screening of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Considerations for Emergency Services Staff
Panel: Lora Elizabeth Kirkland, LCSW and Amy S. Powell, MS, LNHA
Moderator: E. Ayn Welleford, PhD
Objectives: At the end of this presentation participants will learn:
• What unique characteristics of the LTC environment (e.g.., frail elders at risk – safety/liability concerns, staffing issues) need to be considered.
• Special challenges involved in treating older adults with acute mental health issues in the LTC environment (e.g., risk of possible harm or death to elders with dementia when certain psychotropic medications are used; psychiatric consultants/providers may not be available to the facility or not available with a reasonable time period).
• Issues regarding diagnoses and behaviors relevant to older adults that psychiatric units must consider in their admissions decisions, in order for insurance to cover the hospitalization.
These events are made possible through a grant from the Virginia Center on Aging’s Geriatric Training Education Initiative and supported by the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health, the Virginia Geriatric Mental Health Partnership, and the VCU’s Department of Gerontology.
