Gentler Journeys: Easing Transitions of Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Transitions of care between acute care, nursing homes, and community settings can be difficult. This webinar shares challenges and supports for making discharges and these transitions as smooth as possible for older adults with serious mental health conditions. Communication between all members of the interprofessional team is vital for facilitating these transitions, and presenters discuss […]
Encouraging Healthy Aging with Serious Mental Health Conditions
Michelle Zechner provides an overview of healthy aging as it pertains to older adults with serious mental health conditions, and discusses how providers can maintain and improve quality of life for this population. The presentation educates providers on how to support healthy aging through system approaches, engaging in best practices, and specific practitioner strategies that […]
Effective Strategies for Managing Psychotropic Medications in Nursing Facilities
Sharing updates to Centers for medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance, this webinar outlines requirements for convenience and chemical constraints, informed consent, gradual dose reductions, and critical element decisions for practitioners prescribing psychotropic medications in long-term care facilities. Best practices for psychotropic medication management and strategies for implementing a psychotropic medication stewardship team in a […]
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Implementation for Behavioral Health Equity in Nursing Facilities
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are introduced in this thirty-minute webinar from the Center for Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities, along with the 15 action steps to support their implementation in long-term care facilities. The increased presence of individuals with psychiatric disabilities in nursing facilities indicates the need for incorporating these health […]
Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) For Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) is an evidence based tool practitioners working with older adults with schizophrenia may utilize to support overall functioning. This one hour free webinar discusses the cognitive skills, social skills, and problem solving skills central to this training. View webinar on the E4 Center of Excellence website This training library […]
Clinical Confounds and Conflations: Serious Mental Illness, Dementia, or Both
When working with older adults it is important for practitioners to distinguish the sometimes overlapping symptomatic expressions of dementia and serious psychiatric disabilities. This hour and a half webinar highlights diagnoses, symptoms, risk factors, and care practices for practitioners working with older adults who may have a serious psychiatric disability, dementia, or both. View webinar […]
Challenges and Evidence-based Practices for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness in Long-term Care
For providers working with older adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHC), it is extremely important to understand how the increase of aging Americans will impact the care provided for this population in long-term care settings. Dr. Steve Bartels provides an overview of mental health care needs of this group along with co-occurring conditions that […]
Key Difference Between Schizophrenia and Dementia
For providers working in long-term care settings, it is important to know the difference in prevalence and presentation of schizophrenia and dementia. While there are many similarities in these conditions, key differences exist that must be understood to best support clients with serious mental health conditions in these settings. This 10-minute video from the Center […]
Assessment of Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
The target audience for this course are social workers and providers of health and human services looking to advance assessment skills to guide intervention planning in support of older adults with serious mental health conditions. This course highlights the significance of cultural humility and including consumers as partners in the assessment process. View course on […]
Artificial Intelligence and Geriatric Psychiatry: Developing New Paradigms
This webinar introduces the emerging presence of AI-based technology in geriatric psychiatric care, including its potential impacts on the diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring of serious mental health conditions for older adults. Specifically discussed is the role of digital phenotyping in the prevention and early detection of late-life psychiatric disabilities. Gaps and opportunities for artificial intelligence […]