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Spring 2025 – Geriatric Healthcare Series
Series Details
How to Participate
Program Schedule
General Geriatric Topics
April 3rd – June 6th, 2025 | 10 Lectures
- April 3rd – Grief and Loss Wendy Lustbader, MSW
- April 10th – Social Prescribing/Social Connection Alan Siegel, MD and Teresa Tam, BA, MAPS
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April 17th – Assistive/Adaptive Technology Maria Kelley, OTR/L, ATP
- April 24th – Elder Health in Indigenous Elders Jordan “Angun” Lewis, PhD, MSW, CPG
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May 1st – Age-Friendly Healthcare: Mobility Katherine Ritchey, DO, MPH
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May 8th – Aging with a Physical Disability Ivan Molton, PhD
- May 15th – Medicare 101 Tim Smolen, MHSA
- May 22nd – Communicating Effectively with Older Adults Karan Dawson, PhD
- May 29th – Traumatic Brain Injury Hilaire Thompson, PhD, ARNP, FAAN
- June 5th – Depression Stephen Thielke, MD, MS, MA
Learning Objectives
- Understand the unique aspects of grief in later life
- Compare and contrast social connection and social prescribing for supporting health in older persons
- Discuss how assistive technology can assist with successful aging in place
- Describe elder health care considerations that address traditional healing practices
- Identify two to three aspects of mobility that should be assessed in the context of age-friendly healthcare
- Describe components of wellness promotion for individuals aging with long-term physical disability
- Discuss the basics of the “A-B-C-D” parts of Medicare
- Discuss what older persons are reported to prefer during professional communications about their health
- Discuss two physical changes that occur with aging and may increase risk for or worsen traumatic brain injury
- Compare and contrast what depression is and is not in older adults
Moderator
Barbara Cochrane, PhD, RN, FAAN
Our series is organized, planned, and moderated by the fantastic Barbara Cochrane. Dr. Cochrane is our Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center’s Co-Director and Professor Emeritus in the School of Nursing. Her work focuses on older women’s health and healthy aging, specifically positive aspects of aging, symptoms in older women, breast cancer prevention and survivorship, and cardiovascular health.
Professional Credit
NW GWEC will not be offering continuing education credits for this year’s geriatric healthcare series. The accredited CE provider that offered approved contact hours in the past has closed, and the cost for a new interprofessional joint providership is not feasible, given current funding. Series attendees will be provided a certificate of attendance and series background documentation at the end of the series to submit to employers and/or their respective state licensing boards for CE consideration.
