Communicating Effectively with Elders/Seniors

8 Hour CE Course

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Description

Improve your personal and professional relationship skills and become more effective in your communications with people who are elders. This course provides valuable insight into the elder life stage and the challenges of illness and loss. This course does not teach hands-on skills. Please seek additional experience, with a mentor, to add hands-on skills.

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Enrollment Options

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Materials and Test Shipped to You	Contents: Text and workbook with multiple-choice test shipped to you.	$100
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Text Materials Shipped and Test Online	Contents: Text shipped to you. Online multiple-choice test.	$100

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Content Outline

Relating Adult to Adult and Learning to use RISC©	0.5 hours
Meeting the Challenges of Aging and Illness	1.75 hours
Communicating Clearly and Compassionately	1.75 hours
Resolving Unfinished Business	1.75 hours
Facing the End of the Journey	1.75 hours
Open-book Test and Course Evaluation	0.5 hours

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Testimonials

Amazing book for a perfect time in my life - I'm 35, my grandmother just died and I'm using this book with my grandfather. Thank you!

Heidi Newton, Spokane, WA

This course helps you to consider your own aging process as well as sharing the process with an elder

Gregory M. Satorie

The material was very informative and the author seemed very knowledgeable although the book itself seemed disorganized. Taking the test was confusing. Sometimes it seemed as if more than one answer was correct so you had to find the exact quote in the book.

Carmen Rosypal

It is amazing how much this course/book has to offer. Aging has so many misconceptions in our culture and this book is a brilliant look at how to recognize and address them. It provides clear tools to help have a better perspective and improve communication skills with everyone. This course should be offered with all massage/nursing care-giver fields.

Jalim Ritch, NCMT, LMT Portland, ME

Aging As A Shared Journey is an important book, it addresses issues of aging from birth to death. Its novel approach addresses much more than seniors. Excellent!

James Allegretto, Madison, VA

I can see how this relates to my elderly clients, but I especially see how this information can relate to my life. (family, parents, friends)

Katherine V. Albers, LMT

This book was great! Even though I am still at the young age of 23, I found it very informational and can't wait to share this with my family!

Kristin Dhom

This course provides an inexpensive & convient way to acquire CEU's; very timely also.

Linda Hall, Certified Reflexologist

Subject material well covered.

Linda Lorraine Ashcroft, LMT

My mother died last November. This book was confirmation that I approached her death healthily and I now have additional information to accompany my father on his journey.

Linda M Stalvey, CMT, Farifax, VA

Very important topic presented in a useful way

Lynne Tucker, CMT, Bethesda, MD

This is a wonderful course for anyone seeking emotionally healthier relationships

Pamela Reid

The soulful, deep personal work covered in this course is work that everyone should do. You\'ll be putting tools in your emotional toolbox that you\'ll use throughout your life. I highly recommend it.

Rachel Barth, LMT, Silver Spring, MD.

Outstanding to apply in your practice and family life!

William E. Laquale, LMT NCBTMB

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Learning Objectives

Recognize the most important tasks of aging.
Identify how to reduce relationship risks.
List the steps required to build a “Climate of Acceptance”.
Recognize the key challenges of illness and loss.
Identify how to “age well” by being proactive.
List the key methods to strengthen intergenerational communications.
Recognize the essential, compassionate responses to illness and disability.

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Sample Text

As time unfolds and people continue to work through the steps, they learn that recognizing and the other steps need to be repeated in a somewhat cyclical manner. Living is dynamic, not static. Old habits change, new behaviors are learned, and outmoded coping strategies give way to healthier ones as elders and the adults close to them embrace opportunities to live more vital, healthier lives.

Inventorying

EMPHASIZING A FOCUS ON WELLNESS AND HEALTH IS NOT A TECHNIQUE FOR GLOSSING OVER REAL PROBLEMS, BUT RATHER A WAY OF PUTTING THE WHOLE PERSON INTO PERPECTIVE.

It is important to make a realistic Inventory of one's personal aging, an assessment which does not cover up the problems and fears of aging with bright veneer of platitudes.

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