Psychogeriatrics Course
This course provides essential training in psychogeriatrics, focusing on the diagnosis, assessment, and management of common mental health conditions in older adults, including practical tools, care planning, and ethical considerations to improve patient outcomes.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Psychogeriatrics Course equips you with practical skills to identify and manage depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis in older adults. Master targeted mental status assessments, utilise tools like MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and interpret essential lab results and imaging. Develop secure, individualised care plans incorporating non-drug and pharmacological approaches, assist carers, mitigate safety hazards, and confidently handle ethical and cultural considerations in daily practice.
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Develop skills
- Conduct a swift geriatric mental status exam with targeted cognitive and mood evaluations.
- Distinguish between depression, dementia, and delirium via a straightforward clinical pathway.
- Create effective geriatric psychiatric care plans incorporating family and carer involvement.
- Enhance psychotropic medication use in seniors applying Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and deprescribing techniques.
- Apply non-medication methods for managing insomnia, agitation, and mood issues in later life.
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