Welcome to CEU By Net! This Is Our 'Geriatrics and Aging' Continuing Education Page. 
Assessment, Treatment, and Counseling Interventions with the Geriatric Population.
Earn 4 CEUs - Take Continuing Education Course 4G - Assessment and Treatment of Early Cognitive Decline and Behavioral Dysfunction in the Elderly. View a DEMO of This Slide Show Course!
Earn 2 CEUs - Take Continuing Education Course 2D - The Ethics and Process of Assisting with Plans for End of Life Care - Advance Directives. It's a FREE to View 'Quiz Only' Course. It's Both an Ethics Course and a Therapeutic Intervention Course!
Click the Links Above to Go Directly to the Courses in the Catalog.
Aside from Aging, We Also Offer These Continuing Education Course Categories:
DIAGNOSIS and ASSESSMENT CEUs | ETHICS CEUs | CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CEUs | MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CEUs | SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION AOD CEUs | CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION CEUs | AGING CEUs | MANAGED CARE CEUs | CBT for ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES | PERSONALITY DISORDER in HIV/AIDS PATIENTS | MEDICATION CEUs | CEUs in COUPLES-FAMILY AOD THERAPY | ADULT DEPRESSION | MATERNAL DEPRESSION | ADVANCE DIRECTIVES - END OF LIFE CARE
We currently offer online CE certificates for two courses which pertain to assessment, treatment, and counseling interventions with the geriatric population:
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Aging Course 4G in the catalog, 'Improving Behavior and Cognitive Functioning In the Elderly Patient, Through A Structured Skills-Based Treatment Approach'. This 4-credit course focuses upon treatment of non-Alzheimer's cognitive impairment and behavioral dysfunction with aging individuals. READ BELOW, FOR A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
CLICK HERE for the GOALS for this course 4G.
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Ethics Course 2D in the catalog , 'Advance Directives: Assisting with Plans for End of Life Care'. This 2-credit course is an ethics course as well as a counseling intervention course. READ BELOW, FOR A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
CLICK HERE for the GOALS for this course Ethics 2D.
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Aging Course 4G. 'Improving Behavior and Cognitive Functioning In the Elderly Patient, Through A Structured Skills-Based Treatment Approach.' a.k.a., 'How Do You Address Cognitive Impairment and Decline with Behavioral Issues, in the Geriatric Population?'
This course presents a STRUCTURED SKILLS-BASED TREATMENT approach to working effectively with acute cognitive impairment and behavioral difficulties of the elderly. The course also helps you to ASSESS and PRIORITIZE the cognitive impairment and behavioral issues at hand.
Is it always Alzheimer's when we see a cognitively impaired and behaviorally confused elderly client appear at our door? No. And thus there are treatment interventions that can help. The interventions in this course are particularly helpful with cognitive confusion or acute cognitive impairment associated with sudden or traumatic changes or events – things like a stroke, major shift in living arrangement (e.g., a move to a nursing home, the loss of one’s personal home and possessions), death of a spouse, loss of independence (perhaps due to a stroke or surgery, or physical illness), or other external factors.
These acute functional difficulties are oftentimes complicated by depression and anxiety, and perhaps by difficulty in communicating basic wants and needs. These issues may lead to withdrawal from the environment and from social interaction, which can mimic organically based dementia.
Aging 4G is a 4 hour online continuing education course that is unique, informative, easy to read, and entertaining in a slide show format. The CE Course is appropriate for Social Workers, Professional Counselors, Rehabilitation Counselors, and others who work with mentally impaired aging individuals in a variety of settings.
In this CE course, we present a creative and effective approach to assessment and treatment of non-Alzheimer's cognitive and behavioral difficulties of the elderly - often encountered in private practices, mental health clinics, nursing homes, and adult day care centers.
GOALS OF AGING COURSE 4G:
1. Overview of Cognitive and Behavioral (Functional) Deficits of the non-Alzheimer's Geriatric Population.
- How is the cognitive and behavioral dysfunction of the AGING population different, compared to that of other people who have such issues? What factors contribute to the development of early cognitive confusion and decline? How to assess it?
2. Specific Techniques for Reconnecting and Reinforcing Cognitive Processes in AGING INDIVIDUALS.
3. Behavioral Management Techniques Tailored To The Aging or Geriatric Patient.
4. Designing and Implementing Individualized Treatment Plans for Cognitively and Behaviorally Impaired Aging Mental Health Consumers.
5. Effective Documentation of Such Treatment
To PURCHASE this course, CLICK HERE go to the Aging and Geriatrics Catalog
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Ethics Course 2D - 'Advanced Directives: Assisting with Plans for End of Life Care' - Published by the US Department of HHS's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
This is 'End of Life Care Counseling' with an eye to the 'ethics' of our work.
Q: Is this an aging course, or an ethics course?
A: This course is not only an ethics course! It's also applicable as a COUNSELING INTERVENTION COURSE. This course is applicable to those professionals who work with the elderly and their families or caretakers in a variety of situations .... as well as with those of any age who have a chronic illness such as AIDS, renal failure, cancer, CHF, etc., ..... and with physically well individuals working in high risk employment situations such as SWAT and drug enforcement teams, and MILITARY personnel deployed to war zones, and their families.
Clients may be residents of nursing facilities, hospitals, or any other location in which they or their families are coping with life-threatening or end of life decisions, including military and law enforcement deployment. It's published by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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This 2-credit hour course is a PDF document accessed FREE OF CHARGE through a publicly accessible internet link to the AHRQ website. You pay only if you wish to take the quiz and earn a certificate for 2 CE credit hours.
If you wish to earn CE CREDIT and an instant CEU Certificate for this material, you may do so by PAYING AN $18 FEE to take the ONLINE QUIZ here on our website. VIEW AND PRINT THE COURSE MATERIAL AND THE QUIZ FOR FREE. You can use your copy of the quiz as a guide, as you read the study materials, and then transfer your answers to the online quiz. NOTE: There is NO LIMIT to the number of times you can attempt to pass the quiz. This free internet-accessible publication is funded and published by the AHRQ. Authors are Barbara L. Kass-Bartelmes, M.P.H., C.H.E.S., and Ronda Hughes, Ph.D.
GOALS OF ETHICS COURSE 2D:
1. Learn terms that should be understood related to individuals' LEGAL RIGHT to make End of Life Care Decisions.
2. Awareness of the research-verified need for more effective Advance Directives counseling (end of life care planning), and differentiation between the categories of individuals for whom Advance Directives are an issue, i.e., the elderly vs younger individuals and those with certain diseases.
3. Understanding of the BENEFITS of addressing end of life preferences with persons who are terminally ill or are in a life threatening situation, as well as with their surrogates (family or representatives).
4. Learn a five-part, research-supported PROCESS for structuring discussions about end-of-life preferences, which inherently supports our ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY for assuring the welfare and legal rights of the client.
5. Based upon research findings, understand the FACTORS which typically affect individuals' choices about End of Life Care in various situations - thus enhancing ability to ETHICALLY GUIDE DISCUSSIONS about end of life care.
Jump to the catalog to VIEW THIS PUBLICATION AND THE QUIZ FOR FREE. And then pay to take the online quiz and download your instant CE certificate for 2 credit hours.
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Who Takes Our Continuing Education Courses?
Our Online CEU Courses and CEU Certificates are pre-approved or accepted by many Social Worker Boards for continuing education - including California BBS, Florida, Alabama, and Texas. CEUs are for LCSW, LAMSW, LBSW, LMSW, LSW, LGSW, APSW, CMSW, LSCSW, CSW, LISW, LICSW, ICSW, lBSW, SWA, SWT, PCMSW, and more.
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