Mary Ann Rosa & Roy D. Steinberg – The Aging Brain & Body

Join Mary Ann Rosa, MSN, GNP-BC, CDE, and Gerontologic Test Suit GERT® for a high-energy, dynamic session filled with interactive learning and insightful discussions. You will leave this seminar with practical techniques that you can apply the next day!

• Develop strategies to manage difficult behaviors in seniors who have an altered perception of reality.
• Analyze why wandering occurs in individuals with cognitive impairment and develop strategies to minimize or redirect this behavior.
• Communicate the environmental and behavioral causes of agitation.
• Analyze the physical and psychological changes that affect an elder’s desire and ability to eat including the changes in nutritional requirements.
• Assess polypharmacy and medication management in the older adult.
• Appraise the reasons for nonadherence and strategies to increase adherence.

Walk away with the knowledge to identify the cause(s) of aging deficits and develop therapeutic interventions you can begin using immediately.

Walk away with the tools necessary to differentiate the diagnostic criteria for various types of dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Frontotemporal Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia. In an energetic and uplifting style, geriatric psychologist Roy Steinberg, PhD, will introduce you to a recipe of what works and what doesn’t with and for older adult patients and their care providers.

• Analyze the impact of dementia on brain structure and function, and determine the difference between “normal forgetfulness” and cognitive impairment.
• Diagnose dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease, by accurately identifying manifestations of each type and understand how these differences impact prognosis in older adults.
• Articulate differences between the Folstein Mini-Mental Status examination, SLUMS, and MOCA and effectively utilize them as screening measure tools for cognitive impairment and dementia.
• Develop adaptable behavioral interventions that can provide patients with individualized care and promote more effective participation in therapy.
• Investigate the concept of caregiver guilt and its implications for the client, clinicians, and those caring for older adults with dementia.
• Correlate patients’ strengths and limitations to potential therapeutic approaches when developing treatment plans for older adults with dementia.

With these highly effective strategies, you will leave confident in your ability to expand your clients’ care to help improve their daily life.