The Complete Geriatric Certification Course: Best Practices and Advanced Multidisciplinary Strategies for Complex Patient Care

Earn up to 36.75 CE hours - including up to 6.75 pharmacology CE hours plus 1.0 Cultural Competency Credits – and advance your geriatric skill set! You’ll learn Pharmacology updates, challenging geriatric behaviors, infectious disease management, the latest dementia treatments, nutritional concerns, legal risks, strength and conditioning needs & more! Unlock must-know knowledge from 20 geriatric authorities and earn your Geriatric Care Professional Certification! Designed for a multidisciplinary audience, this training is guaranteed to elevate your practice and give you the newest geriatric updates and best practice guidelines!

In 13 easy-to-digest modules, you'll learn from professionals who have honed their craft through years of experience and trained thousands of healthcare professionals just like you, each bringing a unique perspective to the table.

• Discover newly approved dementia medications from revered geriatric expert, Steven Atkinson.
• Reduce the risk of re-admissions by empowering patients with skills taught by Physical Therapist and geriatric clinical specialist Jamie Miner.
• Get practical skills to help aging patients with eating and nutrition, sleeping, aggression, and wandering from Katherine King, a licensed psychologist who has focused her career on geriatric behaviors.
• Work through case studies with legal nursing expert Lois Fenner and get strategies to implement safe, effective, legal, and ethical care for our elderly patients.

What you can expect to take away:

1. The best medications for memory, cognition, and dementia-related behaviors
2. The latest CDC STEADI fall prevention guidelines
3. Person-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally-informed treatment plans
4. Expert insight on vaccinations for geriatric patients: Influenza, RSV, Shingles, & more
5. Ways to identify potentially inappropriate medications using the current Beers criteria
6. Developed skills to distinguish possible early warning signs of dementia
7. Effective geropsych behavioral interventions for older adults with cognitive disorders
8. Advanced strategies that recalibrate care to retain and secure staff and families
9. Expansive elder law knowledge, like Advanced care planning, elder abuse, and professional malpractice
10. Practical ways to screen for and treat pain among older adults
11. Evidence-based solutions to overcome the barriers to care for LGBTQ+ older adults
12. The advanced ability to complete a thorough medication history and reconciliation
13. A deeper understating of nutritional controversies, like the obesity paradox and the use of therapeutic diets
14. The confidence to make informed decisions on wheelchair components
15. Expert skills for palliative referral, financial considerations, and hospice eligibility