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Digital Seminar

Challenging Geriatric Behaviors


Speaker:
Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist
Duration:
5 Hours 33 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jul 31, 2014
Product Code:
POS070310
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

  • Dementia, depression & delirium
  • Sundowning & wandering
  • Physical & sexual aggression
  • Eating issues & nutrition
  • Driving issues
  • Caregiver stress & burnout
  • Caregiver survival tips

Dealing with cognitively-impaired geriatric patients can be challenging even for the experienced healthcare professional. Behaviors such as dementia, aggression, anxiety and depression, refusal of food and fluids, and inappropriate sexual advances pose significant potential barriers to the delivery of essential health care. If older adults are routinely under your care, minimize your risk of escalating the problems associated with troublesome, often irrational behavior by attending this program. Gain valuable insights into the causes of challenging geriatric behaviors and learn innovative and practical intervention strategies to improve the care you provide.

Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist, is an experienced gerontologist and an expert in the field of geriatrics. Join her for a day filled with interesting case studies, insightful discussion and interactive learning. Leave with practical techniques you can apply the next day!

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

  • Stages of AD
  • Assessment
  • Getting a diagnosis
  • Behavioral issues of early diagnosis
  • Management and interventions
  • Pharmacological treatments

Can Alzheimer’s Disease be Prevented (or Even Slowed Down)?

  • Current research regarding prevention of Alzheimer’s disease
  • 6 Pillars of a Brain-Healthy Lifestyle
  • Top 10 Brain Foods to Prevent/Slow Alzheimer’s disease

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

Physical Aggression

  • Identify the cause of aggression
  • Loss of impulse control
  • Regression of the mind / child-like mind
  • Manage the problem

Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors

  • Normal sexual drive or inappropriate behavior
  • Cognitively-impaired individuals
  • Medication management
  • Ethical considerations

Eating Issues & Nutrition in Elder’s with Dementia

  • Reasons why geriatric patients slow or stop eating
  • Nutritional needs in a geriatric patient
  • Improve nutritional status
  • Malnutrition and dehydration
  • Alternatives to eating

Sleepless Nights

  • Sundowning and behavioral problems in the evening
  • Why does sundowning occur?
  • Environmental interventions to decrease aggressive behaviors
  • Medication management when it becomes problematic

Caregiver Stress & Burnout

  • Physical, psychological, and emotional stress
  • Identify caregiver burnout and ways to help
  • Assist the caregiver

Ethics of Care & Tips for Surviving

  • Ethics of care: Autonomy, Beneficence, & Nonmaleficence
  • Restraints, Falls, & Other Issues
  • Advanced Directives & Decisions in Care
  • Hospice

Case Studies: Learning from Experience and Mistakes

OBJECTIVES

  • Develop strategies to manage difficult behaviors in seniors who have an altered perception of reality.
  • Identify the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.
  • Discuss current research on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as lifestyle factors to slow the disease progression.
  • Summarize the safety issues associated with geriatric patients who drive and identify individuals who pose a safety threat.
  • Explain why wandering occurs in individuals with cognitive impairment and develop strategies to minimize or redirect this behavior.
  • Describe the environmental and behavioral causes of agitation.
  • Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviors in individuals with dementia.
  • Distinguish between normal sleeping patterns and bedtime issues which could lead to increased health problems.
  • Analyze the physical and psychological changes that affect an elder’s desire and ability to eat including the changes in nutritional requirements.
  • Identify the signs of caregiver stress and develop intervention strategies to prevent burnout.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist, has many years of experience working with the geriatric population by diagnosing, treating, and intervening when problem behaviors occur. Dr. Byrd currently works as a Nurse Practitioner in private practice in a rural family practice clinic, as well as at nursing homes and an in-patient hospital unit-Acute Care of Elders (ACE)-a NICHE accredited unit for Senior care. She performs intake interviews, routine rounds, sick visits, annual history and physicals, medication reviews, and manages the behavioral problems of this geriatric population.

Lisa is a published author of two books and in peer-reviewed nursing/scientific journals and is active in a number of professional organizations, President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA). She teaches geriatric nursing in an advanced practice nursing program, speaks locally as well as nationally, and is considered an expert in the field of geriatrics. Dr. Byrd has the experience and the knowledge to share with you how to successfully manage geriatric behavioral problems in elderly patients.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial:  Lisa Byrd maintains a private practice.  She receives royalties as an author for PESI Publishing and Media.  She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial:  Lisa Byrd is President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.


To order the book, Caregiver Survival 101:Strategies to Manage Problematic Behaviors Presented in Individuals with Dementia, please visit our product store.

To order the book, TOP 10 Geriatric Syndromes - Clinical Management Strategies, please visit our product store.


 

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Speaker

Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist's Profile

Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist Related seminars and products


Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist, has many years of experience working with the geriatric population by diagnosing, treating, and intervening when problem behaviors occur. Dr. Byrd currently works as a Nurse Practitioner in private practice in a rural family practice clinic, as well as at nursing homes and an in-patient hospital unit-Acute Care of Elders (ACE) - a NICHE accredited unit for Senior care. She performs intake interviews, routine rounds, sick visits, annual history and physicals, medication reviews, and manages the behavioral problems of this geriatric population.

Lisa is a published author in peer-reviewed nursing/scientific journals. She is also the author of the books TOP 10 Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical Management Strategies (PESI, 2011) and Alzheimer's Disease: Prevention Strategies & Ways to Slow Progression (PESI, 2014). She is active in a number of professional organizations, and is the President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA). She teaches geriatric nursing in an advanced practice nursing program, speaks locally as well as nationally, and is considered an expert in the field of geriatrics. Dr. Byrd has the experience and the knowledge to share with you how to successfully manage geriatric behavioral problems in elderly patients.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Lisa Byrd is receiving a fee for speaking at this educational activity. She is an author for PESI HealthCare and receives royalty payments and is on the speakers bureau for Avanir Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. She is also a paid consultant for Central Mississippi Medical Center-ACE Unit.

Nonfinancial: Lisa Byrd has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

Nurses, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists, Social Workers, Home Healthcare Providers, Nursing Home Administrators, Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians, Recreation Therapists

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