The following full-day and half-day intensives will be offered. View the registration fees.

Monday, October 8

Full Day Intensives

• Care Management Fundamentals: An Intensive Review of Basic Principles and Practice

Morning Intensives

• Dangerous Behavior: Assessment, Intervention and Treatment of Suicide Ideation in Older Adults
• Ethnicity, Culture and Dementia Care
• New Breakthroughs for Healthy and Pre-Dementia Cognitive Function
• Overview of Mental Health and Aging: Considerations for Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Older Adults
• Still Together After All These Years: Counseling Older Couples

Afternoon Intensives

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders in Older Adults
• Getting Around: Alternatives for Seniors Who No Longer Drive
• It's All a Balancing Act: Falls and Accidents Among Elders
• There Must be a Better Way Than This: Communicating With a Person Affected by Dementia
• Using Forgiveness to Heal Hurt and Betrayal

Tuesday, October 9

Morning Intensives

• Civic Engagement in Later Life: A Sharper Focus on What Works Best
• Emergency Preparedness and the Aging Population
• Investigating Elder Fraud and Financial Abuse: Collaboration Between Adult Protective Services and Law Enforcement
• Medical Conditions and the Older Adult: What Do You Expect at Your Age?
• Understanding and Treating Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults
• Working With the Difficult, Resistant, Angry Older Client: Venting vs. Expressing

Afternoon Intensives

• A Step in My Shoes: The Impact of Vision and Hearing Loss on Later Life
• Civic Engagement in Later Life: How to Use Best Practice Knowledge to Build Successful Programs
• Conservatorship and LPS Conservatorship for Older Persons and Adults With Disabilities
• Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults with Impaired Sensory and Motor Functions
• Where are my Keys? Understanding Visual Performance and New Interventions to Improve It
• Where Ignorance Is NOT Bliss! Medications and Older Adults Across Diverse Populations

Wednesday, October 10

Full Day Intensives

• Multidisciplinary Assessments and Teamwork in Geriatrics

Morning Intensives

• Death and Dying: Cultural and Spiritual Views
• Marketing to Boomers: The Five Best Ways to Meet Your Goals
• Resilience and Empowerment in the Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
• Teaching Brain Fitness in Your Community

Afternoon Intensives

• Aging and Spirituality: My Neighbor's Faith
• Complex Challenges in Care Management: Care Plans Outside the Box
• Entrepreneurship and the 50+ Market: Silver and Gold
• Putting Life Stories to Work: Improving Care Outcomes
• You Bet Your Life Savings: Problem Gambling and Older Adults

Thursday, October 11

Morning Intensives

• Creative Aging Through the Arts
• Delirious, Demented, Depressed? How to Tell the Difference
• Diabetes Care in Older Adults
• Emergency Preparedness for Agencies Serving Elders and People With Disabilities
• Transitioning From Home to a Community Setting: Meeting the Needs of Elders and Their Caregivers

Afternoon Intensives

• Animals and Healing: Animal Assisted Activities and Animal Assisted Therapy
• Bringing Creative Expression Into Your Setting
• Building Bridges to Culturally Competent Care: How to Reach, Welcome and Serve LGBT Elders
• Successful Strategies for Dealing With Dementia Behavior