Syllabus
- Intro/course overview
- Define “older adults”
- Discuss issues this population faces and why this is important in therapy
- Falls
- UTI’s
- Chronic Health Conditions
- Mental Health in older adults
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief and Loss
- Dementia
- Interventions
- Implications for telehealth
- Caregiver issues / support
- Engaging caregivers
- Preventing burnout
- Utilizing telehealth with older adults and their caregivers/loved ones
- Ethical considerations
- Legal considerations (POA, HIPAA)
- Medicare compliance