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Digital Seminar

Older Adults and Mental Health

$129.99 Standard

High rates of mental health issues often go hand in hand with age related decline. In this session, you'll learn how to assess mental and emotional health with your geriatric patients so that you can optimize your treatment plan in various settings including acute care, skilled nursing facilities, home health, outpatient, and community practice.  You'll also learn how to design client-centered interventions that improve emotional wellness for older adult populations alongside referral strategies that enhance the collaboration of the interprofessional team.

Here's What You'll Learn


  • Assessment Techniques to Streamline Your Treatment Plan
    • Depression and anxiety
      • PHQ-9
      • GAD – 7
      • DASS
    • Scoring and results
    • Development for organizational protocols
  • Client-Centered Interventions to Optimize Geriatric Health and Well-Being
    • Therapeutic use of self
    • Development of routines
    • Assistive technology
    • Potential barriers across settings
    • Payer implications and accessibility
    • Interdisciplinary Collaboration & Referrals
  • Case Studies

Everything You're Getting


  • 2 hours of video content
  • Up to 2.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Sydney Marshman, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS, CHES

Toggle speaker biography

Sydney Marshman, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS, CHES, is the founder and occupational therapist with Happy at Home Consulting. In her role as a staff therapist, she identified a significant need for increased community services for older adults and founded Happy at Home in 2020. The practice provides therapy at home to older adults with her team of physical, occupational and speech therapists. Sydney continues to increase access to home safety evaluations throughout the state. Happy at Home presently provides the evidenced-based programs CAPABLE and HARP through collaborations with community partners. She continues to serve in occupational therapy education programs at Drake University OTD program and Indian Hills Community College OTA program.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sydney Marshman has an employment relationship with Happy at Home Counseling, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sydney Marshman is the president elect of the Iowa Occupational Therapy Association, the Home Modifications Iowa, and is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS065269
Brochure Code:
88603SUM
Duration:
2 hours
Copyright:
Mar 30, 2023
Format:
Audio and Video

ADA Needs


We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

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