Geriatric Healthcare 2019 | Selected Topics

DESCRIPTION

This series of nine lectures provides practical geriatric health promotion information for healthcare and social service professionals. The goal is to assist members of the healthcare team in developing and enhancing interventions to prevent disease and postpone further disability. Lectures cover an array of topics and were recorded during live telecasts from the University of Washington Health Sciences Center to clinical settings in the Pacific Northwest.

This series is jointly provided by UWCNE, the deTornyay Center for Healthy Aging and the Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center (NW GWEC), a federally-funded regional center that conducts interprofessional education to optimize the primary care of older adults in the Northwest United States.   

These lectures were recorded April through June 2019 at the University of Washington.

REVIEWS AND COMMENTS—

“This was such good, practical information for my practice as a home health nurse.”

“This is such a great resource!  Thank you so much for providing it.  I have used these online courses for several years! “

PROVIDED BY

University of Washington School of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education

JOINT-PROVIDERS

• University of Washington de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging
• Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center (NW GWEC)

LECTURES

1. Depression | Stephen Thielke, MD, MSPH
2. Healthy Gastrointestinal Tract Aging | Margaret Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN
3. “My Family Would be Better Off Without Me:” Suicide in Older Adults | David Gruenewald, MD, Nicole Torrence, PhD and Elizabeth Vig, MD, MPH
4. St Anthony’s Fire: Herpes Zoster in Older Adults and Implications for Vaccination | Steven Perman, MD, MPH
5. An Orientation to Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids | Michelle Quinn, AuD
6. Diagnosing and Treating Common Rheumatologic Problems in Older Adults | Gregory Gardner, MD, MACP
7. Medication Use in Older Adults: Keeping It Real, Safe and Effective | Peggy Odegard, PharmD
8. Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly | Jan Miller, MD
9. Practical Integrative Medicine in Geriatric Healthcare | Lianne Hirano, MD

TARGET AUDIENCE

This series is designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, pharmacists, long term care workers, residential care coordinators, caregivers and other interested professionals.

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

JOAN RIESLAND, MED, BSN, RN

Lead Nurse Planner, Continuing Nursing Education, University of Washington School of Nursing

BARBARA COCHRANE, PHD, RN, FAAN

Professor and Interim Chair, Family and Child Nursing, de Tornyay Endowed Professor for Healthy Aging, University of Washington School of Nursing

MICHAEL VITIELLO, PHD

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Nursing