Teaching the Older Patient in the Home: Assessment and Adaptation
| Course Id | 300101 |
| Course Name | Teaching the Older Patient in the Home: Assessment and Adaptation |
| Course Catagory | Home Care |
| Course Price | 33.54 |
| Course CEU | 3 |
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the physiological, sensory, and cognitive changes of normal aging that affect a patient's capacity to learn.
- Assess older adult patients for learning readiness, health literacy, sensory impairments, and functional limitations within the home setting.
- Identify environmental, psychosocial, and systemic barriers to effective patient education in the home.
- Adapt teaching strategies, pacing, communication methods, and educational materials to meet the individualized needs of older adult learners.
- Incorporate family and caregiver roles into evidence-based, individualized home-based teaching plans.
- Apply culturally responsive and health-literacy-sensitive approaches when educating older adults.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of teaching interventions using validated methods, including the teach-back technique.