In this live online program, professionals will increase their knowledge and skills to identify and address mental health concerns in the geriatric population.
| Next Session | May 15, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
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Understand How to Provide the Best Care for the Geriatric Population
How can you create a well-rounded care practice for your older patients or clients? By learning to assess and identify their mental health. According to The World Health Organization, approximately 15% of adults over the age of 60 suffer from a mental disorder. The challenge can be understanding the difference between the normal signs of aging and the symptoms of mental illness. Mental illness may affect the daily well-being of our clients but there are ways we can learn to support and provide care while allowing them to live a happier and more fulfilling life.
This workshop explores how mental health conditions manifest uniquely in older adults, focusing on symptoms and behaviors associated with dementia, neurocognitive disorders, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and late-life schizophrenia. Participants will also gain insights into diagnostic and behavioral patterns distinct to older adults and learn best practices for assessment and treatment tailored to geriatric needs.
By the end of this workshop, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how to effectively identify and address mental health challenges in older adults, equipping you with practical strategies to improve care and outcomes.
- Recognize how mental health disorders can present differently in older adults.
- Identify best interview and assessment practices with geriatric individuals when assessing mental health.
- Deepen understanding of geriatric mental health versus ‘normative’ changes.
- Increase knowledge of empirically-based mental health treatments for geriatric individuals.
Who should attend
Health and human service professionals such as social workers, counselors, therapists, and nurses providing care to geriatric patients.
Instructors
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Dr. Todd Sigler is a Licensed Psychologist, a National Certified Counselor and a registrant of the National Register of Health ServiceProviders in Psychology. He received his Counseling Psychology M.A. and Psy.D. from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. Dr. Sigler has been in private practice since 2004 and has extensive experience working with geriatric clients.