Long-Term Care Challenges
Mental Illness and the Older Person
Order# CE604
Presented by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
lecture with patient examples
24 minutes
$150 purchase; $75 rental
Dr. Peter Rabins provides an overview of mental illnesses and related behaviors often observed in the elderly. These include Alzheimer’s disease, depression, confusion, delirium, anxiety, and paranoia.
Excellent for staff in long-term care and as an introduction for students in nursing, social work, and medicine.
Topics: symptoms of mental illness, congitive impairment, response to stress, difficult behaviors
Audience: Nursing, medicine and social work students; nursing home staff.