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 depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis. Participants will gain hands-on skills in using validated assessment tools, developing personalized care plans, integrating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and addressing ethical considerations to improve patient outcomes and caregiver support.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Psychogeriatrics Course equips you with practical skills to identify and handle depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis in older adults. You will learn targeted mental status assessments, apply tools like MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and analyse essential lab tests and scans. Develop secure, individualised care plans incorporating non-drug and medication approaches, assist caregivers, mitigate safety hazards, and tackle ethical and cultural challenges confidently in daily practice.
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Develop skills
- Conduct quick geriatric mental status exam: perform targeted cognitive and mood evaluations.
- Distinguish depression, dementia, and delirium via a straightforward clinical pathway.
- Create effective geriatric psychiatric care plans involving family and caregiver assistance.
- Enhance psychotropic medication use in older adults with Beers criteria, START/STOPP, and deprescribing.
- Apply non-medication methods for managing insomnia, agitation, and mood issues in later life.
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