This overview is intended to provide health care professionals with a better understanding of why osteoporosis is important to screen for and manage, the incidence and prevalence of the disease in Canada as well as risk factors and recommendations to reduce risks and support function in older adults.
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This site is the Learning Content Management System (LCMS) for the Centre for Studies in Aging & Health at Providence Care. We continue to develop and share learning resources designed to enhance knowledge and skills to support the care of our aging population. Whether you work in a hospital, a family health team, in long-term care or community-based care, you will find material of interest. We also offer a new series of Open Courses which require no registration. For more information about registering for courses please contact info@sageducation.ca.
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This course describes the presentation and progression of dementia. It explores risk factors, early warning signs, symptoms and care strategies. Woven through the course is a review of the associated impact of caregiving and how you as a professional can identify stress and provide caregiver support.
The entire course is anchored in a person-centered approach to care which includes the individual and their care partner and focuses first and foremost on people as individuals.
Throughout the course you are asked to apply your learning to an ongoing case study.
This is a sample lesson for Public viewing, the first of four, from our GOLD series of courses for Health Care Professionals.
Pain is the greatest threat to comfort and a person’s quality of life. It is highly prevalent in the older population with 60-75% of people over the age of 65 reporting at least some persistent pain. Despite this, the elderly are often untreated or undertreated for pain. Effective pain management involves a collaborative team approach exploring factors that contribute to the person’s pain and working with the individual to understand their pain and meet their treatment goals.
This is a sample lesson , the first of four lessons, from our GOLD courses for Personal Support Workers, open for public viewing.
This open course provides an overview of the Physiology & Functionality of the Brain and the effects of the 7 A's ( Anosognosia, Amnesia, Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia, Altered Perception and Apathy) and the associated brain part affected as two distinct modules.
Each module provides an interactive flash-based module which provides details on the specific part of the brain and it's function, the impact of dysfunction in the brain part and care strategies to use when caring for the person with the associated cognitive dysfunction.
REQUIREMENTS: You will need to have the Adobe Flashplayer installed on your computer, permission to run the flash player (which may have to be sest by your system administrator) and your browser should be set to accept pop-up windows.
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