STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Explore the trends in the population of older adults in the United States today.

 2. Identify current gerontological theories.

 3. Recognize physiological, psychosocial, and cultural needs that occur with aging.

 4. Identify community resources available to the older adult in rural and urban areas.

 5. Describe Medicare and Medicaid benefits for the older adult.

 6. Identify health care guidelines for the older adult to include immunizations, and health care screenings.

 7. Define elder abuse and appropriate reporting guidelines.

 8. Recognize memory problems and dementia in the older adult with appropriate interventions.

 9. Identify common nutritional problems in the older adult and appropriate interventions.

 10. Identify safety measures needed in caring for the older adult in varied settings.

 11. Describe palliative care goals and assisting the older adult during the dying process.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Theories of aging

 II. The aging process

 III. Assisting the older adult to cope with effects of aging

 IV. Living arrangements for the older adult

 V. Community resources in rural and urban settings

 VI. Legal aspects of caring for the older adult

 VII. Medicare and Medicaid benefits for the older adult

 VIII. Health care guidelines for the older adult to include immunizations and screenings

 IX. Memory impairments and dementia

 X. Nutrition needs and interventions of the older adult

 XI. Safety needs of the older adult in a variety of settings

 XII. Death and dying