Psychogeriatrics Course
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This course provides essential training in psychogeriatrics, focusing on the identification, assessment, and management of common mental health conditions in older adults, including depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis. Participants will gain proficiency in using standardized assessment tools, interpreting diagnostic tests, and developing holistic care plans that integrate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions while addressing ethical, cultural, and safety considerations.

4.0 in the evaluation
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Psychogeriatrics Course equips you with practical skills to spot and handle depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis in older people. You will learn targeted mental status assessments, how to apply tools like MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and how to read important lab tests and scans. Develop secure, individual-focused care plans that incorporate non-medication and drug-based approaches, assist caregivers, tackle safety concerns, and deal with ethical and cultural matters confidently in daily work.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Quick mental status check for older adults: carry out targeted cognitive and mood evaluations.
- Tell apart depression, dementia, and delirium with a straightforward clinical guide.
- Create useful psychiatric care plans for elders involving family and caregiver input.
- Improve prescribing of mind-affecting drugs in older people using Beers criteria, START/STOPP, and reducing unnecessary meds.
- Put in place non-medication methods for sleep problems, restlessness, and mood issues in later life.
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