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Intro to Mental Health & Removing the Stigma

What You Will Learn

  • Identify the prevalence of common mental health conditions in older adults, understanding their symptoms and treatments.
  • Understand the unique challenges and considerations in older adult mental health, including age-related cognitive changes, co-occurrence of physical and mental health conditions, social isolation, and barriers to accessing mental health care.
  • Address the stigma surrounding older adult mental health by defining its forms, discussing negative impacts, and implementing strategies to decrease the impact of stigma.

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What You Will Learn

  • Identify the prevalence of common mental health conditions in older adults, understanding their symptoms and treatments.
  • Understand the unique challenges and considerations in older adult mental health, including age-related cognitive changes, co-occurrence of physical and mental health conditions, social isolation, and barriers to accessing mental health care.
  • Address the stigma surrounding older adult mental health by defining its forms, discussing negative impacts, and implementing strategies to decrease the impact of stigma.

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$90 for Member
$180 for Non-Member

90 minutes
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Mental Health (SNF)

Date Published

August 22, 2023

Publisher

Care Providers of Minnesota

Subjects

Mental Health for Older Adults

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Summary

We face mental health challenges daily. From residents, staff and families. This webinar is designed to equip you with knowledge and skills to support the mental well-being of older adults. We'll understand the unique challenges to older adults struggling with mental health issues and learn strategies to promote mental well-being and treatment while addressing stigma. Join us to enhance awareness, foster compassion, and empower yourselves to create supportive environments.


This training is designed to equip attendees with the knowledge and skills to support the mental well-being of older adults. Participants will gain insights into the prevalence of mental health issues impacting older adults, understand the unique challenges to older adults struggling with mental health issues, and learn strategies to promote mental well-being and treatment while addressing stigma. The training aims to enhance awareness, foster compassion, and empower participants to create supportive environments for older adults’ mental health.

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Presenters

Chris Westgaard
VP of Clinical Services

Vice President Clinical Services, Touchstone Mental HealthChris Westergaard, MSW, LICSW, has worked in the mental health... Read More

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Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files
INTRO TO MENTAL HEALTH & REMOVING THE STIGMA
Downloadable Files
INTRO TO MENTAL HEALTH & REMOVING THE STIGMA- Handout
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Credit

If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

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How to Attend

Join the self-paced program from your office, home, or hotel room using a computer and high speed internet connection. You may start and stop the program at your convenience, continue where you left off, and review supporting materials as often as you like. Please note: Internet Explorer is no longer a supported browser. We recommend using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari for best results.

Technical Requirements
You may access this course on a computer or mobile device with high speed internet (iPhones require iOS 10 or higher). Recommended browsers are Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

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