Edward G. Shaw – Challenging Geriatric Behaviors
Edward G. Shaw – Challenging Geriatric Behaviors
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Description
- Faculty:
- Edward G. Shaw
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 42 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Apr 24, 2020
Description
| Manual – Challenging Geriatric Behaviors (9.1 MB) | 64 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
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Outline
Normal Aging, Dementia, Depression or Delirium.
- Normal aging changes of the mind
- Depression, dementia, and delirium
- Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Diagnose, differentiate, and develop a plan of care
Alzheimer’s Disease is a disease.
- Stages
- Assessment
- Getting a diagnosis
- Behavioral issues of early diagnosis
- Management and interventions
- Pharmacological treatments /li>
Driving with dementia.
- Driving safety
- Legal issues
- Assess driving abilities
- How to take the keys away
Wandering
- Reasons why cognitively impaired individuals wander
- Is wandering a bad thing?
- Issues to consider
- Manage a wanderer’s behavior
Aggression on a physical level.
- Identify the cause of aggression
- Loss of impulse control
- Regression of the mind/child-like mind
- Manage the problem
Inappropriate sexual behavior.
- Normal sexual drive or inappropriate behavior
- Cognitively impaired individuals
- Medication management
- Ethical considerations
It is against the law to refuse to eat.
- Reasons why geriatric patients slow or stop eating
- Nutritional needs in a geriatric patient
- Improve nutritional status
- Malnutrition and dehydration
- Alternatives to eating
Nights without sleep.
- Sundowning and behavioral problems in the evening
- Why does sundowning occur?
- Environmental interventions to decrease aggressive behaviors
- Medication management when it becomes problematic
The stress is on the caregivers.
- Physical, psychological, and emotional stress
- Identify caregiver burnout and ways to help
- Assist the caregiver
There are other issues.
- Ways to identify potential falls and prevent injury
- Causes for orthostatic hypotension
- Ways to avoid using restraints
Learning from experience and mistakes is a case study.
- How to manage sundowners
- Strategies to improve hygiene
- Reassurance and redirection
Faculty
Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA Related seminars and products: 5
Empath Education, LLC
Edward G. Shaw is a doctor. He is a doctor and a mental health counselor. He was the primary care partner for his late wife, Rebecca, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2008 at age 53 and died in 2016 after a 9-year journey.
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Ed wrote with Dr. Gary Chapman and Deborah Barr. The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer’s Journey are about keeping love alive as memories fade. His moving personal story of caring for Rebecca is coupled with an innovative use of the five love languages in dementia counseling. His newest books. The dementia care partner’s guide. And. There is a leader’s manual for dementia care partner support groups. They were released in June.
Ed speaks to audiences of dementia-focused healthcare professionals and care partners. His expertise as a doctor, counselor, andcaregiver meshes well with those he shares with.
Speaker disclosures.
Edward Shaw founded the Memory Counseling Program. He is an author and gets royalties. Dr. Shaw is paid by PESI, Inc.
Edward Shaw has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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