Continuing Education

Long Term Care Part II

6. Osteoporosis: "them bones, them bones, them dry bones...”

Which of your residents/patients are at risk for osteoporosis? Maybe YOU are at risk! In this in-service, participants will review the physiology and pathology that causes osteoporosis as well as measures used for treatment or prevention. 

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7. Pain:  The 5th Vital Sign

In this one-hour in-service participants explore why pain is so prevalent in the elderly as well as learn to understand the validity of different perceptions of pain by individuals.  Participants will learn about the three types of pain and discuss the differences.  Assessment of pain with the use of pain scales and appropriate interventions are covered.  Included in the interventions is the use of medications in a therapeutic sequence that is specific to the pain type and source.  Alternative comfort measures to be used with the pharmacology treatment of choice are also discussed.

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8. "Please Release Me, Let Me Go"

This educational presentation is designed for the families of residents in long-term care facilities.  Laws and regulations governing the use of restraints will be discussed as well as alternatives to using a restraint, whether they be chemical or physical.  This program can also be geared toward health care workers.

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9. Respect until the Very End

In the field of health care, acute or long term, everyone needs to deal with death at one time or another. This in-service will identify how important comfort measures and respect are to the dying client and their family. Death of a client also affects the healthcare provider in many ways and effective coping mechanisms are reviewed.   

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10. Skin: an Organ to Keep in Tune

When the weather outside becomes colder, the environment inside becomes drier. The elderly are at increased risk for skin breakdown even without other factors, but a dry environment greatly increases that risk. During this in-service skin assessment procedures are reviewed. The care of individuals with dry skin, and the subsequent increased risk of skin breakdown, is discussed.