Geriatric 3Ds: Depression, Delirium, & Dementia - 30 CE Contact Hours
Earn 30 contact hours
Geriatric 3Ds - Depression, Delirium, & Dementia
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Textbooks and Resources
Textbook Navigation Video - Please review prior to starting course.
Cognitive Changes of Aging
Video: Aging and Cognitive Abilities
Age-Associated Memory Impairment (AAMI) verses Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Screening Tools for Cognitive Testing
Knowledge Check
Overview of Depression in the Older Adult
Depression: signs and symptoms, risk factors, assessment tools, treatment, and nursing interventions
Video: Depression in Older People
Knowledge Check
Recognition & Screening Tools, Risk Factors, Preventive Strategies, Management and Treatments
Delirium: signs and symptoms, risk factors, assessment tools, treatment, and nursing interventions
Video: Delirium: The Under Recognized Medical Emergency.Watch this 50 minute video on delirium and the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM). Please be sure to limit distractions and watch the video in its entirety. You may adjust the speed if desired.
Knowledge Check
Case Study: Patient VS
Case Study Question
Case Study Continued
Case Study Continued
Case Study Continued - Day 3
Case Study Continued
Complete the CAM tool on Patient V.S.
CAM Assessment
Case Study Continued
Types of dementia; risk factors; pathophysiology; stages: interventions; treatment
Dementia
Screening and Diagnosis of Dementias
Alzheimer's Dementia: signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and nursing interventions
Vascular Dementia: signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and nursing interventions
Lewy Body Dementia
Frontotemporal Dementia: signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and nursing interventions
Comparison between the 3Ds
Knowledge Check