Psychogeriatrics Course
This course provides essential training in psychogeriatrics, focusing on the identification, assessment, and management of common mental health conditions in the elderly population. Participants will gain hands-on expertise in diagnostic tools, care planning, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and addressing ethical considerations to enhance patient outcomes.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
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 elderly folks. You'll master targeted mental status assessments, apply tools like MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and make sense of vital lab tests and scans. Develop secure, individual-focused care strategies blending non-drug approaches and medicines, assist caregivers, tackle safety concerns, and confidently deal with ethical and cultural matters in daily work.
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Develop skills
- Quick mental status check for older people: carry out targeted cognitive and mood evaluations.
- Tell apart depression, dementia, and delirium with a straightforward clinical guide.
- Create effective psychiatric care plans for elders, involving family and caregiver input.
- Improve prescribing of mental health drugs for seniors using Beers criteria, START/STOPP, and reducing unnecessary meds.
- Put in place non-medication methods for sleep issues, restlessness, and mood problems in later life.
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