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

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 manage depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis in older adults. Master targeted mental status assessments, apply tools like MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and analyse essential lab tests and imaging. Develop secure, individualised care plans incorporating non-medication and pharmacological approaches, assist caregivers, mitigate safety hazards, and handle ethical and cultural considerations confidently in daily practice.
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Develop skills
- Quick geriatric mental status assessment: perform targeted cognitive and mood evaluations.
- Distinguish depression, dementia, and delirium with a straightforward clinical pathway.
- Create effective geriatric psychiatric care plans involving family and caregiver input.
- Enhance psychotropic medication use in older adults via Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and deprescribing.
- Apply non-medication methods for sleep issues, agitation, and mood concerns in later life.
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