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Caring for the Aging Patient

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Live course 2 contact hours

Overview

This course addresses key nursing subjects that impact the care of older adults. Readers will learn about the various processes of aging as well as crucial nursing interventions for those changes. This course also covers the need for long-term care (LTC), different methods of meeting LTC needs, and the institutions that support patients who are unable to live independently.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, the reader will be able to:

  1. Illustrate the importance of geriatric competence for healthcare practitioners.
  2. Identify the important measures of age.
  3. Describe various biological and psychological changes that occur with aging.
  4. Differentiate between ADLs and IADLs.
  5. Explain the need for informal, community, and institutional long-term care.
  6. Contrast the capabilities of informal, community, and institutional long-term care.

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