Comprehensive Assessment of the Older Person
M&K Update Ltd
Delivery Method: Blended Aimed at nurses and allied health professionals it will enable the attendee to understand, recognise and use appropriate assessments as part of a systematic approach to improve the quality of assessment and outcomes of care for older people in acute or intermediate care settings.
COURSE CONTENT
- Pain management
- Enhanced understanding of reason for failed discharges and older people
- Chronic disease management in acute settings
- Enhanced understanding of reason for failed discharges and older people
- Chronic disease management in acute settings
- Understanding complexity of caring for older people
- Dementia and cognitive assessment
- Ageing and frailty assessment
- Altered mobility and mobility assessment
- Principles of falls assessment.
- Rapid social assessment to explore the concept of discharge risks for discharge planning or transfer of care
- Understanding the Older Persons NSF
- Delivering person centred care
AIMS / OUTCOMES
- Develop understanding of evidence base, principles of assessment and clinical actions
Dates available on arrangement
M&K Update Ltd can also create this course for you on arrangement
at your workplace.
Inhouse training (at your location) for groups, our fees are per course and we stipulate a course maximum capacity (there is no minimum number)