CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDRESSING DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDALITY IN THE ELDERLY

September 26 at 11:30am CST/10:30 MST

Purpose: This webinar is intended to promote a greater understanding of how to differentiate and approach the treatment of delirium, depression, and dementia in the elderly patients residing at home or in skilled nursing facilities.

Objectives:

1. Define delirium, depression, and dementia, and review their presentation in the elderly patients residing at home or in skilled nursing facilities.
2. Review assessment strategies that can help differentiate delirium, depression, and dementia.
3. Discuss some of the treatment approaches to address symptoms of delirium, depression, and dementia in elderly patients residing in different settings.
4. Address the importance of approaching the topic of suicidality when working with elderly patients in different settings.
5. Discuss some assessment techniques that can help to identify risk factors and protective factors when assessing suicidality in the geriatric population.

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