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 learn to use key assessment tools, interpret diagnostic results, and develop comprehensive care plans that integrate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions while addressing ethical, cultural, and safety considerations.

4.0 rating
4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid 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 adults. Master targeted mental status assessments, utilise tools like MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and analyse essential lab results and scans. Develop secure, individualised care plans incorporating non-drug and medication approaches, assist caregivers, tackle safety concerns, and manage ethical and cultural matters confidently in daily practice.
Elevify Advantages
Develop Skills
- Quick geriatric mental status exam: 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 seniors via Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and deprescribing.
- Apply non-medication methods for sleep issues, agitation, and mood problems in later life.
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