Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/21/2024
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Categories
It is well documented that as individuals age, they become “increasingly vulnerable to mental health disorders”. The loss of friends, and family, exacerbated by the loss of supports, mobility, failing vision and hearing can lead to isolation. “Decreased self-sufficiency, self-determination and subsequent social isolation also often result in depression.” For individuals with chronic mental illness or intellectual disabilities these social losses as well as age-related physical changes, and complicated medical problems increase the risk of hospitalization and potential institutionalization.
Optimize Aging, LLC offers Pennsylvania’s “system of community providers” the ability to participate in cross system trainings targeting issues of aging and mental health. As “Community HealthChoices” has been expanded across the Commonwealth it is important that we build bridges across the systems of care to serve our rapidly growing aging population and educate those community service providers working within the aging, Long-Term Living, mental health and disability network.
The goals of this training are to offer clinicians, staff and family members of individuals with chronic mental illness and those with developmental and intellectual disabilities, an understanding of normal age-related changes, potential complications; how to recognize difficulties and how to enable clients, family members and friends the opportunity to age and remain in their communities.
Objectives:
- Compare the difference between “normal” age-related change and the impact of chronic illness especially for those with mental health and disability issues.
- Explain the relationship of “serious mental illness” and “chronic illness”.
- Identify the physical changes associated with aging that can place older adults, those with chronic mental illness and those individuals with intellectual disabilities at high risk for cognitive and behavioral health issues.
- Discuss the importance of prevention and other issues to reduce disability and morbidity in older adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues.
- Identify evidenced-based practices for integrative mental and physical health care.
AGENDA
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
- Demographics and “Issues of Aging”
- “Normal Aging Related Changes”
- Physical Health Changes
- Arthritis
- Cardiac Disease
- Diabetes
- COPD
- Asthma
- Cognitive Changes
- Risk of Delirium
- Physical Health Changes
1:30 – 2:00 PM
- Impact of Chronic Illness for those with “serious mental illness and Intellectual Disabilities”
2:00 – 2:30 PM
- Evidenced based practices for integrative mental and physical health care.
- Engaging clients in care.
- Issues of non-compliance
- Approaches for reducing non-attendance
2:30 – 3:15 PM
- Health /Wellness and Prevention Approaches
- Staying healthy and well
- Staying independent and in the community
3:15 – 3:30 PM Conclusion and Evaluations
Contact Hours/ Continuing Education Units have been approved by the following organizations:
Social Workers, Marriage and Family Counselors and Professional Counselors: Continuing Education Credits has been approved by the PA State Board of Social workers, Marriage and Family Counselors and Professional Counselors for 2.5 Continuing Education Hours.
National Academy of Certified Care Managers: Application has been approved by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM) for 2.5 continuing education contact hours.
Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Administrators: The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Department of Human Services Licensing has approved the program for 2.5 contact hours for Personal Care Home Administrators/ ALR Administrators for this webinar.
Webinar Fees are $35.00 Contact Hour fees are an additional $25.00
Grievance Policy
Optimize Aging, LLC seeks to ensure equitable treatment of very person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to: Linda Shumaker, optimizeaging@gmail.com. Grievance would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems.
For any needed special accommodations, please contact Linda Shumaker at optimizeaging@gmail.com