Safety and Prevention Online Webinar Archive

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Help! My Friend has Dementia and a Gun

In this course we focus on navigating the complex terrain of gun safety. Crucial considerations from communication strategies to secure storage practices are discussed, empowering caregivers to create a safe environment and prevent potential risks associated with firearm access.

Hoarding Disorder: Understanding and Treatment

Hoarding behavior can diminish quality of life and jeopardize an older person’s health and safety. Learn how to recognize hoarding behaviors and to identify the associated risk factors. The latest research and various treatments will be discussed, including a more respectful, ‘trauma informed’ approach that preserves dignity, and focuses on the person and not the accumulated items.

Driving and Aging: The Impact of Physical and Cognitive Changes

Age-related physical and cognitive impairments can make driving difficult and even dangerous. Learn the importance of driver safety for older adults, including the physical and cognitive variables that impact driving ability, how driving skills are assessed, how to talk with an older driver about driving concerns, and how to develop solutions for transportation alternatives.

Fall Prevention for Older Adults

Falls are preventable and not a normal part of aging, and yet they are a significant threat to an active, healthy and independent life for older adults. Learn how health conditions, medications, inactivity, and safety hazards in the home can contribute to risks for falling. Resources are provided for reducing fall risks, including self-assessments, suggestions for home modifications, and a review of evidence-based strength & balance exercise programs.

Fall Risk Reduction

Learn about the causes and risk factors for falls among older adults, which is the leading cause of death and injury for the elderly. Also covered are guidelines for how to prevent falls, techniques for how to safely transfer, and how to safely get up after a fall has occurred.

Hoarding Behaviors Insights and Innovations

Hoarding behavior can diminish the quality of life and jeopardize a senior’s health and safety. Learn about hoarding behaviors, how to identify risk factors and symptoms of hoarding, interventions, and treatments that can help individuals, family members, and communities, as well as recent research and innovations using technology.

Keeping Older Drivers Safe

Many aging drivers feel that driving is their lifeline – but how do we know when an older driver is no longer safe on the road? Driving accidents cause injury and death, with the risks increasing with age, especially for those over 75. Learn about the many variables that impact driving ability, how driving skills are assessed, how to talk with an older driver about driving concerns, and how to develop solutions for transportation alternatives.

Safety Adaptations for People with Dementia

For a person with memory loss, changes in perception, behavior, and abilities can lead to safety issues. Learn how each room in a home or care community can pose unique hazards, and how to create a calm and safe environment for the person with memory loss, including the use of adaptive equipment. An overview of the changes in abilities that affect daily living (ADLs), and recommendations that help caregivers succeed in various scenarios will also be covered.