Elderwerks Continuing Education Opportunities

Cultural Competency, Ethics, & Legal Topics

Professional

Consumer

Ethics at End of Life Learn how practitioners can protect themselves in the decision making chain of command for issues surrounding death. Review who has the right to make decisions on behalf of an incapacitated person and discuss how to protect an incapacitated person’s wishes and avoid a legal dispute. CC15 1.0 Cultural & Ethics/ Nurse, SW, NHA Ethics for Professionals Working with Different Cultures Learn about values, beliefs, norms, and ways of life that influence individual’s thinking, decisions, and actions. Learn skills to strengthen and broaden our skillset. Learn what elder abuse is and what you can do when it happens. Learn about the different types of abuse, and what the response is from the state and federal governments to elder abuse. Gain information about your rights as the relate to the elder abuse and neglect acts., and what is happening within your community. CC17 1.0 Cultural & Ethics/ Nurse, SW, NHA Questioning Capacity Learn how to determine mental capacity and review the laws in place to protect people with capacity issues. CC18 1.0 Nurse, SW, NHA A Legal Guide to Emergency Decision-Making It happens: your elderly parent falls and is rushed to the hospital without a POA or formal decision-maker in place. Who has the legal right to step in and make medical decisions? This presentation reviews the decision-making hierarchy in such situations and legal planning necessary to avoid more chaos and confusion. CC19. 1.0 Nurse, SW, NHA CC16 1.0 Cultural & Ethics/ Nurse, SW, NHA Elder Abuse, Fact, Fiction, and Interventions

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