|
|
| "I can't think of one good thing about getting older!" "My dear, consider the alternative..." |
| TLC for our Elders A
3 unit course
|
Tender
Loving Care is a course in three parts, each part can be taken separately for
3 ce in fulfillment of the 
CA BBS
mandated requirement Aging and Long Term Care, or the entire course may be taken
for 9 ces.
Part I: Biological, social, and psychological aspects of aging and llong term care, including 'red flags' and signs of elder abuse
| Learning Objectives In this 3 unit course:
|
This course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education units
maintains responsibility for the program. |
In fulfillment of the CA BBS mandated requirement: Aging
and Long Term Care 3.
Aging and Long Term Care New Info Button
In fulfillment of the CA Board of Psychology mandated requirement: Psychologists
renewing their license on or after January 1, 2005 will be required
to have proof of completion of a three hour CE course in aging and
long-term care or show proof to the board of its equivalent in teaching
or practicing experience. This is a one-time requirement. |
|
It was Edith's daughter, Meredith, who realized that there was something wrong with her mother. Meredith kept calling her mother on the phone, and was concerned when there was no answer. She left work in a panic, and drove over to her mother's house. Edith had fallen down her stairs, and gashed her head. She had been bleeding, but the bleeding has stopped. It appeared that she had fallen the night before, slipping on a rug. She was unable to get to the phone to call for help. It was in the treatment of her fall that Edith entered the network of social services. She was quite disoriented, and told the doctor that Meredith had pushed her down. She said that it had happened many times, and that Meredith had also killed her sister, Gwendolyn. Edith's complaint triggered a report to DSS (Department of Social Services) regarding elder abuse. It soon became clear that Edith was hungry and dehydrated, as she had not eaten in several days. Once she was treated for her cut, x-rays revealed a broken wrist. She was kept in the hospital while a placement was discussed for her. She could not go to Meredith's until the elder abuse complaint was investigated, and her insurance was quite limited in what would be provided in terms of rehabilitation or in home help while her wrist healed. Neither of her sons could (or would??) leave their work to come help out their mother. They both lived far away, and had families of their own. Edith said she hated her daughters-in-law, and would live with them "over my dead body!" When interviewed by DSS, Meredith was in tears. She offered to bring in witnesses that she had been at her son's basketball game the night before, and stated that she would never push her mother. She said that her mother had sometimes before had 'odd' complaints about people (she thought the grocer was short-changing her,and that her mail was being stolen, but that perhaps those were real events); but when "Mom told me that my brother's wives were evil, I did start to get really worried. And she has been slipping with my sons, forgetting their names and ages. I guess I didn't want to see how bad it was getting. It has been getting worse" After a few days in the hospital, Edith's mental condition began to stabilize. She told the social worker that Meredith had not pushed her, and that she remembered that her sister had died of cancer. She became more oriented to time and place, and seemed to be doing better. As there was no history of abuse by Meredith, and no suspicious bruises, it was agreed to release Edith to her daughter. After a few weeks of having her mother at her home, Meredith called Dr, A., her Mom's doctor, in tears. "Mom came into the kitchen and took a knife and tried to saw off her cast. I told her to stop, that she needed the cast until her broken bone was healed. She said her bone wasn't broken, but it was a trick to get her money. She said she hated me, and was going home. When I tried to stop her, the knife slipped, and she got cut. She won't eat, she wouldn't leave her room until she came out for the knife. I don't know what to do! My clean, sweet smelling mother stinks! She refuses to bathe. It is like something happened. She yells at my sons all the time, and calls them 'big oafs'." "And now I know that social worker is going to talk to her again. How do I explain her cut?" Dr. A.'s exam of Edith revealed that while her body was slowly healing from her fall, her spirits were low. She hated being dependent on her daughter, and kept wanting to go home. He realized that she was quite depressed, and prescribed antidepressant medication as well was recommended psychotherapy. He
cautioned Edith about giving the medication a chance to work, that
people often are tempted to stop medication too soon. Either they
feel better and think they no longer need the medication, or they
think the Dr. A. also referred Edith to a neurologist to explore her intermittent dementia. He also recommended that she receive a complete eye exam, which revealed that she had significant vision loss due to macular degeneration.
|
"Why
are old age, sickness, and death the common lot of all humanity?" attributed to the Buddha on the road to enlightenment |
Edith is experiencing many of the issues
of the elderly person in American society today:
chronic debilitating physical condition
chronic pain
loss of vision
loss of mobility
isolation
poverty
intermittent dementia
grief over the death of her sister and friends
fear
physical vulnerability
depression
possible elder abuse
"Old
age is no place for sissies." Bette Davis |
"The
spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines" |
|
Optional text is $30 + shipping and handling
888-777-3773
We do adhere to the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists. Our courses are carefully screened by the Planning Committee to adhere to APA standards. We also require authors who compose Internet courses specifically for us follow APA ethical standards. Many of our courses contain case material, and may use the methods of qualitative research and analysis, in-depth interviews and ethnographic studies. The psychotherapeutic techniques depicted may include play therapy, sandplay therapy, dream analysis, drawing analysis, client and therapist self-report, etc. The materials presented may be considered non-traditional and may be controversial, and may not have widespread endorsement within the profession. www.psychceu.com maintains responsibility for the program and its content. |
American Psychological Association to sponsor
continuing education for psychologists - www.psychceu.com maintains
responsibility for this program and its content.
Due
to the wonders of technology, the minute you submit your order over
our 
